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Urbanizing China in war and peace : the case of Wuxi County /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lincoln, Toby, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Urbanization > China > Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng)
Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > History > 20th century.
History.
1900 - 1999
Urbanization.
China > Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng)
Table of Contents:
  • The "Little Shanghai": urbanization of Wuxi City
  • Elites and infrastructure: urbanization of the countryside
  • Local elites and the state: managing Wuxi during the Warlord Era
  • Abolish the county to establish the city (fei xian wei shi)
  • The nationalist state and rural infrastructure
  • A connected city: native place societies, migration, and disaster relief
  • Threads of silk: economic recovery in occupied Wuxi
  • The utility of rubble: rebuilding the city and the countryside
  • The militarized environment: Japanese impact on daily life.