Modern China's network revolution
Subtitle: chambers of commerce and sociopolitical change in the early twentieth century
By: Zhongping Chen
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780804774093
Subjects: Politics and government; Boards of trade; Social networks; Social change; History
Description: This work examines Chinese chambers of commerce and their network development across Lower Yangzi cities and towns, as well as the nationwide arena. It details how they achieved increasing integration, and how their collective actions deeply influenced nationalistic, reformist, and revolutionary movements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Guilds and elites in the face of domestic and foreign challenges; title: Elite and official interactive movements toward chambers of commerce; title: Changes in organizational composition and interrelations; title: The expansion of associational networks and influences; title: Political maneuvers in commercial and industrial affairs; title: Joint actions in the constitutional and revolutionary movements; title: Nationwide chamber networks and the republican governments.