Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of DominanceJoseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to village leaders. In the introduction and conclusion the editors reassess the pioneering gentry studies of the 1960s, draw comparisons to elites in Europe, and suggest new ways of looking at the top people in Chinese local social systems. Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance lays the foundation for future discussions of Chinese elites and provides a solid introduction for non-specialists. Essays are by Stephen C. Averill, Lenore Barkan, Lynda S. Bell, Timothy Brook, Prasenjit Duara, Edward A. McCord, William T. Rowe, Keith Schoppa, David Strand, Rubie S. Watson, and Madeleine Zelin. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
13681949 | 51 |
Forty Years | 191 |
Local Elites in 1920s Beijing | 216 |
Corporate Property and Local Leadership in | 239 |
Elites and the Structures of Authority in | 261 |
Local Elites and Communist Revolution in | 282 |
Concluding Remarks | 305 |
NOTES347 | 347 |
GLOSSARY399 | 399 |
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