{"product_id":"at-the-crossroads-of-empires-middlemen-social-networks-and-state-building-in-republican-shanghai-hardcover","title":"At the Crossroads of Empires: Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNara Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJean C. Oi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo a degree uncommon in among Chinese cities, Republican Shanghai had no center. Its territory was divided among three (sometimes more) municipal governments integrated into various national states and empires. No government building or religious institution gave Shanghai a \"center.\" Yet amidst deep cleavages, the city functioned as a coherent whole. What held Shanghai together? The authors' answer is that a group of middlemen with myriad connections across political and social boundaries created networks that held Republican Shanghai together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors Include: Sei Jeong Chin, Parks Coble, Bryna Goodman, Brian Martin, Elizabeth J. Perry, Kuiyi Shen, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, and Wen-hsin Yeh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean C. Oi is William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and was Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eRural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). She is also co-editor, with Andrew Walder, of \u003ci\u003eProperty Rights and Economic Reform in China\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 1999). Nara Dillon is Assistant Professor of Political Studies at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.28 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131170263175,"sku":"9780804756198","price":119.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ead1c145177aead99d8bf006796bf795.webp?v=1732616866","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/at-the-crossroads-of-empires-middlemen-social-networks-and-state-building-in-republican-shanghai-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}