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1 online resource (311 pages)
ISBN:
9780804777872
Inhalt:
Chambers of commerce developed in China as a key part of its sociopolitical changes. In 1902, the first Chinese chamber of commerce appeared in Shanghai. By the time the Qing dynasty ended, over 1,000 general chambers, affiliated chambers, and branch chambers had been established throughout China. In this new work, author Zhongping Chen examines Chinese chambers of commerce and their network development across Lower Yangzi cities and towns, as well as the nationwide arena. He details how they achieved increasing integration, and how their collective actions deeply influenced nationalistic, reformist, and revolutionary movements. His use of network analysis reveals how these chambers promoted social integration beyond the bourgeoisie and other elites, and helped bring society and the state into broader and more complicated interactions than existing theories of civil society and public sphere suggest. With both historical narrative and theoretical analysis of the long neglected local chamber networks, this study offers a keen historical understanding of the interaction of Chinese society, business, and politics in the early twentieth century. It also provides new knowledge produced from network theory within the humanities and social sciences.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: In Search of a Broader and More Dynamic Network Approach to Chinese Studies -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Guilds and Elites in the Face of Domestic and Foreign Challenges -- 2. Elite and Official Interactive Movements toward Chambers of Commerce -- 3. Changes in Organizational Composition and Interrelations -- 4. The Expansion of Associational Networks and Influences -- 5. Political Maneuvers in Commercial and Industrial Affairs -- 6. Joint Actions in the Constitutional and Revolutionary Movements -- 7. Nationwide Chamber Networks and the Republican Governments -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. General Chambers of Commerce in the Lower Yangzi - Region, 1904- 1911 -- Appendix 2. Affiliated Chambers of Commerce in the Lower Yangzi - Region, 1904- 1911 -- Appendix 3. Branch Chambers of Commerce in the Lower Yangzi - Region, 1906- 1911 -- Notes -- Character List -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN 9780804774093
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804774093
Sprache:
Englisch
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