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The sources and nature of China's transformation from a traditional to modern society - accelerated in the early twentieth century by the downfall of the Qing dynasty, the advent of foreign technology and increasing commercialization - are critical issues for the study of modern China. In this book, Xin Zhang uses the case of local elites and the power structure of Henan province in north-central China to demonstrate how local politics first transformed local society, challenged the state and eventually influenced change across China. Rather than focusing separately on elite mobility, social mobilization or state-making, Zhang observes changes in all three categories as interrelated aspects of a single, self-generating phenomenon of social change. Zhang's application of the most up-to-date social science theory and rich, original, empirical data, sheds new light on the sources of China's modernization, political and social identity, and the shifting relationship between the state and local elites.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Social Transformation in Modern China
• Subtitle: The State and Local Elites in Henan, 1900-1937
• Author: Xin Zhang
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 338
• EAN: 9780521642897
• ISBN: 0521642892
• ID: 02038871
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 58 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 162 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. September 2000

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