The teahouse
Subtitle: small business, everyday culture, and public politics in Chengdu, 1900-1950
By: Di Wang.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780804758437
Subjects: Tearooms -- China -- Chengdu -- History -- 20th century; Chengdu (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Chengdu (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in either the English-speaking world or in China, examining economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images that are brought together in this work paint a complete picture of everyday culture in the most basic unit of public life. This examination of the teahouse and public life from the perspective of microhistory takes us into the depths of a city to explore urban society in depth and provides a new way to look at the Chinese city and at everyday culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A small business; title: The Teahouse Guild; title: Labor and workplace culture; title: Public life; title: Entertainment; title: All walks of life; title: Conflicts in public; title: A political site.