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Book SynopsisIn this second volume of a two-volume social history of Hankow the focus is on the people of Hankow, in all their ethnic diversity, occupational variety, constant mobility, and social bonds.
Trade Review"Rowe's earlier Hankow volume was such a superb book one really wondered how he could get another study of equaly quality from the same city in the same time period. But he has done it. There really are few historians who combine empirical richness with analytical incisiveness as well as Rowe does. And this book is Rowe at his best, a book of rare importance that takes the comparison of China and Europe seriously, and thus helps to bring Chinese history into the larger discourse of the historical discipline. It is truly a masterly job." -Joseph W. Esherick ,University of Oregon
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The City: 1. City people; 2. Urban space; Part II. Community: 3. Popular welfare; 4. Public goods and public services; Part III. Conflict: 5. Structures of conflict; 6. Dangerous classes and laboring classes; 7. True believers; Part IV. Control; 8. Forces of order; 9. Crisis and response; Conclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography; Character list; Index.
