David Strand is Associate Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College.
In the 1920s, revolution, war, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in or near China's cities. Bound together by rail, telegraph, and a shared urban mentality, cities like Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing formed an arena in which the great issues of the day--the quest for social and civil peace, the defense of popular and national sovereignty, and the search for a distinctively modern Chinese society--were debated and fought over. People were drawn into this conflicts because they knew that the passage of armies, the marching of protesters, the pontificating of intellectual, and the opening and closing of factories could change their lives. David Strand offers a penetrating view of the old walled capital of Beijing during these years by examining how the residents coped with the changes wrought by itinerant soldiers and politicians and by the accelerating movement of ideas, capital, and technology. By looking at the political experiences of ordinary citizens, including rickshaw pullers, policemen, trade unionists, and Buddhist monks, Strand provides fascinating insights into how deeply these forces were felt. The resulting portrait of early twentieth-century Chinese urban society stresses the growing political sophistication of ordinary people educated by mass movements, group politics, and participation in a shared, urban culture that mixed opera and demonstrations, newspaper reading and teahouse socializing. Surprisingly, in the course of absorbing new ways of living, working, and doing politics, much of the old society was preserved--everything seemed to change and yet little of value was discarded. Through tumultuous times, Beijing rose from a base of local and popular politics to form a bridge linking a traditional world of guilds and gentry elites with the contemporary world of corporatism and cadres.
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評分原載於《國際漢學》 【外一篇】邱國盛:北京人力車夫研究 文章來源:《曆史檔案》200301 自從19世紀末人力車被引入北京以來,直至1949年以後的一段時間裏,這種交通工具一直都在北京的城市交通中扮演著重要的角色。與此同時,拉人力車也成為當時北京市民謀生的重要職業之一,而...
評分原載於《國際漢學》 【外一篇】邱國盛:北京人力車夫研究 文章來源:《曆史檔案》200301 自從19世紀末人力車被引入北京以來,直至1949年以後的一段時間裏,這種交通工具一直都在北京的城市交通中扮演著重要的角色。與此同時,拉人力車也成為當時北京市民謀生的重要職業之一,而...
評分原載於《國際漢學》 【外一篇】邱國盛:北京人力車夫研究 文章來源:《曆史檔案》200301 自從19世紀末人力車被引入北京以來,直至1949年以後的一段時間裏,這種交通工具一直都在北京的城市交通中扮演著重要的角色。與此同時,拉人力車也成為當時北京市民謀生的重要職業之一,而...
評分原載於《國際漢學》 【外一篇】邱國盛:北京人力車夫研究 文章來源:《曆史檔案》200301 自從19世紀末人力車被引入北京以來,直至1949年以後的一段時間裏,這種交通工具一直都在北京的城市交通中扮演著重要的角色。與此同時,拉人力車也成為當時北京市民謀生的重要職業之一,而...
圖書標籤: 城市史 海外中國研究 北京 曆史 城市 社會史 民國史 曆史學
Chapter 3, 4, and 11.
評分有趣的部分:1.)北京商會中資産階級內部的階級鬥爭;2.)五四知識分子對無産“階級”的動員無力
評分第十一章談到人力車夫與有軌電車之間的競爭
評分有趣的部分:1.)北京商會中資産階級內部的階級鬥爭;2.)五四知識分子對無産“階級”的動員無力
評分well, at least it's well written
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