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China Made

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Description for China Made Paperback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 426 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.

“Chinese people should consume Chinese products!” This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twentieth-century China that sought to link consumption and nationalism by instilling a concept of China as a modern “nation” with its own “national products.” From fashions in clothing to food additives, from museums to department stores, from product fairs to advertising, this movement influenced all aspects of China’s burgeoning consumer culture. Anti-imperialist boycotts, commemorations of national humiliations, exhibitions of Chinese products, the vilification of treasonous consumers, and the promotion of Chinese captains of industry helped enforce nationalistic consumption and spread the message—patriotic Chinese bought ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674016545
SKU
V9780674016545
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About Karl Gerth
Karl Gerth is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.

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