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Localities at the Center
Richard Belsky
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Description for Localities at the Center
Hardcover. The author argues that by fostering awareness of membership in an elite group, the native place lodges generated a sense of belonging to a nation that furthered the reforms undertaken in the early twentieth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 326 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
A visitor to Beijing in 1900, Chinese or foreign, would have been struck by the great number of native-place lodges serving the needs of scholars and officials from the provinces. What were these native-place lodges? How did they develop over time? How did they fit into and shape Beijing's urban ecology? How did they further native-place ties?
In answering these questions, the author considers how native-place ties functioned as channels of communication between China's provinces and the political center; how sojourners to the capital used native-place ties to create solidarity within their communities of fellow provincials and within ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674019560
SKU
V9780674019560
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About Richard Belsky
Richard Belsky is Associate Professor of History at Hunter College, City University of New York.
Reviews for Localities at the Center
The book [is]...a true monograph based on dense research, but framed by a clear and fair discussion of existing scholarship, comparative issues and a conclusion suggesting the significance of the subject. Mr. Belsky's study manages, in the best traditions of the series, to use an engaging case study to illuminate varieties of socially generated forms of management and political action ... Read more