 | At the Crossroads of Empires: Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai Subjects: Social networks -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century; Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; No detailed description available for "At the Crossroads of Empires". Jean C. Oi is William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and was Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford. Her publications include Rural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform (1999). She is also co-editor, with Andrew Walder, of Property Rights and Economic Reform in China (Stanford, 1999). Nara Dillon is Assistant Professor of Political Studies at Bard College. |
