Street Culture in Chengdu

Download or Read eBook Street Culture in Chengdu PDF written by Di Wang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.

Author	: Di Wang
Publisher	: Stanford University Press
Total Pages	: 390
Release	: 2003
ISBN-10	: 0804747784
ISBN-13	: 9780804747783
Rating	: 4/5 (84 Downloads)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Book Synopsis Street Culture in Chengdu by : Di Wang

Book excerpt: A study of the lively street culture in Chengdu from 1870 to 1930, this book explores the relationship between urban commoners and public space, the role of community and neighborhood in public life, and how the reform movement and Republican revolution transformed everyday life in this inland city.

Street Culture in Chengdu Related Books

Language: en
Pages: 390

Street Culture in Chengdu

Authors: Di Wang

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A study of the lively street culture in Chengdu from 1870 to 1930, this book explores the relationship between urban commoners and public space, the role of com

Language: en
Pages: 376

Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain

Authors: Di Wang

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-27 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 1939, residents of a rural village near Chengdu watched as Lei Mingyuan, a member of a violent secret society known as the Gowned Brothers, executed his teen

Language: en
Pages: 326

The Teahouse Under Socialism

Authors: Di Wang

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This text explores urban public life through the microcosm of the Chengdu teahouse. Like most public spaces, the teahouse was and still is an enduring symbol of

Language: en
Pages: 300

Street Criers

Authors: Hanchao Lu

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars’ culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, w

Language: en
Pages: 377

The Teahouse

Authors: Di Wang

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This study examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth centur