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Colonialism And China / Bryna Goodman And David S.g. Goodman -- Good Work For China In Every Possible Direction: The Foreign Inspectorate Of The Chinese Maritime Customs, 1854-1950 / Robert Bickers -- Negotiating The Nation: German Colonialism And Chinese Nationalism In Qingdao, 1897-1914 / Klaus Mühlhahn -- Things Unheard Of East Or West: Colonialism, Nationalism, And Cultural Contamination In Early Chinese Exchanges / Bryna Goodman -- The Peak: Residential Segregation In Colonial Hong Kong / John M Carroll -- An Italian Neighbourhood In Tianjin: Little Italy Or Colonial Space? / Maurizio Marinelli -- The Colonial Space Of Death: Shanghai Cemetries, 1844-1946 / Christian Henriot -- French Medicine In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century China: Rejection Or Compliance In Far South Treaty Ports, Concessions And Leased Territories / Florence Bretelle-establet -- Writing Home And China: Elisabeth Frey In Tianjin, 1913-1914 / Yixu Lu And David S.g. Goodman -- Modernism And Its Discontent In Shanghai: The Dubious Agency Of The Semi-colonized In 1929 / Yiyan Wang -- Equality And The Unequal Treaties: Chinese émigrés And British Colonial Routes To Modernity / John Fitzgerald -- Hong Kong And The New Imperialism In East Asia, 1941-1966 / Prasenjit Duara -- The Hapless Imperialist?: Portuguese Rule In 1960s Macau / Cathryn Clayton. Edited By Bryna Goodman And David S. G. Goodman. Includes Bibliography (p. [224]-245) And Index.
This collection investigates the multifaceted impact of colonial presence on Chinese society, politics, and urban development throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Edited by historians Bryna Goodman and David S. G. Goodman, the volume compiles scholarly essays that challenge traditional narratives of Chinese history by examining specific colonial enclaves, treaty ports, and cultural exchanges. The authors utilize archival research and case studies to argue that the colonial experience in China was not a monolithic process but a complex, localized negotiation between foreign powers and Chinese actors.
What You Will Find
Scholars recognize this volume as a significant contribution to the study of imperialism in East Asia, particularly for its focus on the localized nuances of colonial interaction. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the depth of the primary source research presented in each chapter.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
2012-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415687985
ISBN-13:
9780203125458
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