Chinese local elites and patterns of dominance : [papers presented at the Conference on Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance held in Aug. 1987 at Banff, Canada

Late Imperial Elites. Family Continuity And Cultural Hegemony : The Gentry Of Ningbo, 1368-1911 / Timothy Brook -- Success Stories : Lineage And Elite Status In Hanyang County, Hubei, C. 1368-1949 / William T. Rowe -- The Rise And Fall Of The Fu-rong Salt-yard Elite : Merchant Dominance In Late Qing China / Madeleine Zelin -- Local Elites In Transition. From Comprador To County Magnate : Bourgeois Practice In The Wuxi County Silk Industry / Lynda S. Bell -- Power, Legitimacy, And Symbol : Local Elites And The Jute Creek Embankment Case / R. Keith Schoppa -- Local Military Power And Elite Formation : The Liu Family Of Xingyi County, Guizhou / Edward A. Mccord -- Republican Elites And Political Power. Patterns Of Power : Forty Years Of Elite Politics In A Chinese County / Lenore Barkan -- Mediation, Representation, And Repression : Local Elites In 1920s Beijing / David Strand -- Village Elites And Revolution. Corporate Property And Local Leadership In The Pearl River Delta, 1898-1941 / Rubie S. Watson. (cont.) Elites And The Structures Of Authority In The Villages Of North China, 1900-1949 / Prasenjit Duara -- Local Elites And Communist Revolution In The Jiangxi Hill Country / Stephen C. Averill -- Concluding Remarks / Mary Backus Rankin And Joseph W. Esherick. Edited By Joseph W. Esherick And Mary Backus Rankin. Rev. Versions Of Papers Presented At The Conference On Chinese Local Elites And Patterns Of Dominance Held In Aug. 1987 At Banff, Canada; Sponsored By The Joint Committee On Chinese Studies Of The American Council Of Learned Societies And The Social Science Research Council. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter LIST OF TABLES (page ix) LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (page xi) PREFACE (page xiii) CONTRIBUTORS (page xvi) Introduction (Joseph W. Esherick and Mary Backus Rankin, page 1) PART I: LATE IMPERIAL ELITES 1. Family Continuity and Cultural Hegemony: The Gentry of Ningbo, 1368-1911 (Timothy Brook, page 27) 2. Success Stories: Lineage and Elite Status in Hanyang County, Hubei, c. 1368-1949 (William T. Rowe, page 51) 3. The Rise and Fall of the Fu-Rong Salt Yard Elite: Merchant Dominance in Late Qing China (Madeleine Zelin, page 82) PART II: LOCAL ELITES IN TRANSITION 4. From Comprador to County Magnate: Bourgeois Practice in the Wuxi County Silk Industry (Lynda S. Bell, page 113) 5. Power, Legitimacy, and Symbol: Local Elites and the Jute Creek Embankment Case (R. Keith Schoppa, page 140) 6. Local Military Power and Elite Formation: The Liu Family of Xingyi County, Guizhou (Edward A. McCord, page 162) PART III: REPUBLICAN ELITES AND POLITICAL POWER 7. Patterns of Power: Forty Years of Elite Politics in a Chinese County (Lenore Barkan, page 191) 8. Meditation, Representation, and Repression: Local Elites in 1920s Beijing (David Strand, page 216) PART IV: VILLAGE ELITES AND REVOLUTION 9. Corporate Property and Local Leadership in the Pearl River Delta, 1898-1941 (Rubie S. Watson, page 239) 10. Elites and the Structures of Authority in the Villages of North China, 1900-1949 (Prasenjit Duara, page 261) 11. Local Elites and Communist Revolution in the Jiangxi Hill Country (Stephen C. Averill, page 282) Concluding Remarks (Mary Backus Rankin and Joseph W. Esherick, page 305) NOTES (page 347) GLOSSARY (page 399) BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 411) INDEX (page 445) This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to village leaders. In the introduction and conclusion the editors reassess the pioneering gentry studies of the 1960s, draw comparisons to elites in Europe, and suggest new ways of looking at the top people in Chinese local social systems. Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance lays the foundation for future discussions of Chinese elites and provides a solid introduction for non-specialists. Essays are by Stephen C. Averill, Lenore Barkan, Lynda S. Bell, Timothy Brook, Prasenjit Duara, Edward A. McCord, William T. Rowe, Keith Schoppa, David Strand, Rubie S. Watson, and Madeleine Zelin. Edited By Joseph W. Esherick And Mary Backus Rankinches Reprint. Originally Published: 1990. Revised Versions Of Papers Presented At The Conference On Chinese Local Elites And Patterns Of Dominance Held In August 1987 At Banff, Canada; Sponsored By The Joint Committee On Chinese Studies Of The American Council Of Learned Societies And The Social Science Research Council. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 411-444) And Index. Affords a panoramic social history of the dramatic changes that took place during China's transformation from an imperial power to a Republic. The contributors present detailed studies of the upper classes, ranging from wealthy urban merchants and village leaders to 20th-century militarists.