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This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images brought together in this work paint a complete picture of everyday culture in the most basic unit of public life. This microhistorical examination of the teahouse and public life takes us into the heart of a city to explore urban society in depth, and provides a new way to look at the Chinese city and at daily life.

The Teahouse: Small Business, Everyday Culture, and Public Politics in Chengdu, 1900-1950

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This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic,... Read more

    Publisher: Stanford University Press
    Publication Date: 11/06/2008
    ISBN13: 9780804758437, 978-0804758437
    ISBN10: 0804758433

    Number of Pages: 376

    Non Fiction , History

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    This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images brought together in this work paint a complete picture of everyday culture in the most basic unit of public life. This microhistorical examination of the teahouse and public life takes us into the heart of a city to explore urban society in depth, and provides a new way to look at the Chinese city and at daily life.

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