LEADER 03048nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910828565203321 005 20230126204115.0 010 $a0-8047-7787-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804777872 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039973 035 $a(EBL)730191 035 $a(OCoLC)742367640 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524232 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12149830 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524232 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10546173 035 $a(PQKB)10359729 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127677 035 $a(DE-B1597)564220 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804777872 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL730191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10482307 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC730191 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039973 100 $a20110106d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModern China's network revolution$b[electronic resource] $echambers of commerce and sociopolitical change in the early twentieth century /$fZhongping Chen 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7409-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGuilds and elites in the face of domestic and foreign challenges -- Elite and official interactive movements toward chambers of commerce -- Changes in organizational composition and interrelations -- The expansion of associational networks and influences -- Political maneuvers in commercial and industrial affairs -- Joint actions in the constitutional and revolutionary movements -- Nationwide chamber networks and the republican governments. 330 $aChambers of commerce developed in China as a key part of its sociopolitical changes. In 1902, the first Chinese chamber of commerce appeared in Shanghai. By the time the Qing dynasty ended, over 1,000 general chambers, affiliated chambers, and branch chambers had been established throughout China. In this new work, author Zhongping Chen examines Chinese chambers of commerce and their network development across Lower Yangzi cities and towns, as well as the nationwide arena. He details how they achieved increasing integration, and how their collective actions deeply influenced nation 606 $aBoards of trade$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial networks$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial change$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1644-1912 615 0$aBoards of trade$xHistory 615 0$aSocial networks$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a381.06/0951 700 $aChen$b Zhongping$cPh. D.$01654423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828565203321 996 $aModern China's network revolution$94006252 997 $aUNINA