LEADER 03734nam 2200601 450 001 9910466929603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-1555-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501715556 035 $a(CKB)4100000004820280 035 $a(OCoLC)1002302944 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65790 035 $a(DLC) 2017040970 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5394117 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001974471 035 $a(DE-B1597)496405 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501715556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5394117 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11556618 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004820280 100 $a20180915d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe teahouse under socialism $ethe decline and renewal of public life in Chengdu, 1950-2000 /$fDi Wang 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aCornell scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 0 $a1-5017-1548-8 311 0 $a1-5017-1554-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : urban political transitions under socialism -- The demise of the Chengdu teahouse guild and the fall of small business -- State control and the rise of socialist entertainment -- The decline of public life under Mao's rule -- The resurgence of teahouses in the reform era -- Urban residents and migrant workers in public life -- The power of mahjong -- Conclusion : the state, the teahouse, and the public sphere. 330 $aTo understand a city fully, writes Di Wang, we must observe its most basic units of social life. In The Teahouse under Socialism, Wang does just that, arguing that the teahouses of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, are some of the most important public spaces-perfect sites for examining the social and economic activities of everyday Chinese. Wang looks at the transformation of these teahouses from private businesses to collective ownership and how state policy and the proprietors' response to it changed the overall economic and social structure of the city. He uses this transformation to illuminate broader trends in China's urban public life from 1950 through the end of the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao reform era. In doing so, The Teahouse under Socialism charts the fluctuations in fortune of this ancient cultural institution and analyzes how it survived, and even thrived, under bleak conditions. Throughout, Wang asks such questions as: Why and how did state power intervene in the operation of small businesses? How was "socialist entertainment" established in a local society? How did the well-known waves of political contestation and struggle in China change Chengdu's teahouses and public life? In the end, Wang argues, the answers to such questions enhance our understanding of public life and political culture in the Communist state. 410 0$aCornell scholarship online. 606 $aTearooms$zChina$zChengdu$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocialism and culture$zChina$zChengdu$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aChengdu (China)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aChengdu (China)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTearooms$xHistory 615 0$aSocialism and culture$xHistory 676 $a951/.38 700 $aWang$b Di$f1956-$01029008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466929603321 996 $aThe teahouse under socialism$92445227 997 $aUNINA