Chinese Professionals and the Republican State: The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912–1937

Xiaoqun Xu

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Chinese Professionals and the Republican State

The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912–1937

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Xiaoqun Xu, Francis Marion University, South Carolina

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: September 2009
Print publication year:: 2000
Online ISBN:: 9780511512018
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511512018

Series:: Cambridge Modern China Series
Subjects:: East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Regional History after 1500

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Xiaoqun Xu makes a compelling and original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this book on the rise of professional associations in Republican China in their birthplace of Shanghai, and of their political and socio-cultural milieu. This 2001 book is rich in detail about the key professional and political figures and organizations in Shanghai, filling an important gap in its social history. The professional associations were, as the author writes, 'unambiguously urban and modern in their origins and functions … representing a new breed of educated Chinese' and they pioneered a new type of relationship with the state. Xu addresses a central issue in China studies, the relationship between state and society, and proposes an alternative to the Western-derived concept of civil society. This book illuminates the complexity of modernization and nationalism in twentieth-century China, and provides a concrete case for comparative studies of professionalization and class formation across cultures.

‘… interesting and evocative of the atmosphere of the times … this is an exhaustive study …’

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Chinese Professionals and the Republican State

The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912–1937

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-xi

List of Tables
pp xii-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xiv

Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Sources
pp xv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-20

Part I - Professions and Professionals
pp 21-22

1 - Professions in Early-Twentieth-Century Shanghai
pp 23-49

2 - Professionals as Urban Middle Class
pp 50-77

Conclusion to Part I
pp 78-78

Part II - Social Institutions, State Actions, and Professionalization
pp 79-82

3 - The Republican State and Urban Associations
pp 83-106

4 - The Republican State and the Legal Profession
pp 107-128

5 - The Republican State and the Medical Profession
pp 129-154

Conclusion to Part II
pp 155-156

Part III - Professionalism, Nationalism, and Politics
pp 157-160

6 - From “Literary Men” to Professionals: Shanghai Journalists
pp 161-189

7 - National Essence versus Science: The Medical Profession in Conflict
pp 190-214

8 - Professionalism and Nationalism: The Shanghai Bar Association (I)
pp 215-241

9 - Professionalism and Politics: The Shanghai Bar Association (II)
pp 242-267

Conclusion to Part III
pp 268-270

Conclusion
pp 271-284

Glossary
pp 285-298

Bibliography
pp 299-318

Index
pp 319-328

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