"North Jiangsu People in Shanghai, 1850-1950"

Author: (American) Honeygale, translated by Lu Minghua
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: "Shanghai History Studies Translation Series" selects classic works on modern Shanghai history by top scholars overseas, combining readability and academic rigor, translated by domestic experts. Overseas scholars offer unique perspectives, exclusive materials, and original insights, presenting a different interpretation of Shanghai's history. The content covers various aspects of life in Shanghai, including the Taotai (provincial governor), police, prostitutes, industrialists, overseas Chinese, hometown associations, fire brigades, and people from northern Jiangsu. This book takes the northern Jiangsu people as a case study, exploring how their origin gradually became a basis for defining ethnic identity among the Han Chinese, explaining how origin constructed social hierarchy and social opposition, and revealing the challenges faced by urban residents in China in this regard.