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994767
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b749137
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| Title & Author
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Becoming Chinese : : passages to modernity and beyond /\ edited by Wen-hsin Yeh.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2000.
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| Series Statement
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Studies on China ;; 23
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1 online resource (x, 435 pages) :: illustrations
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0520219236
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: 9781597344821
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0520219236
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0520222180
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: interpreting Chinese modernity, 1900-1950 / Wen-hsin Yeh -- The cultural construction of modernity in urban Shanghai: some preliminary explorations / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- Marketing medicine and advertising dreams in China, 1900-1950 / Sherman Cochran -- "A high place is no better than a low place": the city in the making of modern China / David Strand -- Engineering China: birth of the developmental state, 1928-1937 / William C. Kirby -- Hierarchical modernization: Tianjin's Gong Shang College as a model for Catholic community in North China / Richard Madsen -- The grounding of cosmopolitans: merchants and local cultures in Guangdong / Helen F. Siu -- Zhang Taiyan's concept of the individual and modern Chinese identity / Wang Hui -- Crime or punishment? On the forensic discourse of modern Chinese literature / David Der-wei Wang -- Hanjian (Traitor)! Collaboration and retribution in wartime Shanghai / Frederic Wakeman Jr. -- Of authenticity and woman: personal narratives of middle-class women in modern China / Prasenjit Duara -- Victory as defeat: postwar visualizations of China's War of Resistance / Paul G. Pickowicz.
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| Abstract
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This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of 20th-century Chinese identity. The contributors argue that war, no less than revolution, deserves attention as a major force in the making of 20th-century Chinese history.
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Cities and towns-- China-- History-- 20th century.
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National characteristics, Chinese.
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Caractère national chinois.
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Cities and towns.
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Civilization.
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East Asia.
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Entwicklung
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Gesellschaft
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History Archaeology.
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HISTORY.
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Modernisierung
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National characteristics, Chinese.
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Regions Countries - Asia the Middle East.
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Stadtentwicklung
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Villes-- Chine-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Cultuur.
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Natievorming.
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Urbanisatie.
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China, Civilization, 20th century.
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China.
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China.
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Chine, Civilisation, 20e siècle, Congrès.
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| Dewey Classification
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951.05
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| LC Classification
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DS775.2.B43 2000eb
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| NLM classification
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15.75bcl
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| Added Entry
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Yeh, Wen-Hsin.
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