Table of Contents: Native place, city, and nation :

Main Author:	Goodman, Bryna, 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Subjects:	Social networks > History > 19th century. > China > Shanghai Social networks > History > 20th century. > China > Shanghai Rural-urban migration > History > 19th century. > China > Shanghai Rural-urban migration > History > 20th century. > China > Shanghai HISTORY. Manners and customs. Rural-urban migration. Social networks. Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs. China > Shanghai.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: The moral excellence of loving the group
Foreign imperialism, immigration and disorder: Opium war aftermath and the Small Sword Uprising of 1853
Community, hierarchy and authority: Elites and non-elites in the making of native-place culture during the Late Qing
Expansive practices: Charity, modern enterprise, the city and the state
Native-place associations, foreign authority and early popular nationalism
The native place and the nation: Anti-imperialist and republican revolutionary mobilization
"Modern spirit," institutional change and the effects of warlord government associations in the early republic
The native place and the state: Nationalism, state building and public maneuvering
Conclusion: Culture, modernity and the sources of national identity.