The Golden Age of the Chinese Bourgeoisie 1911 1937

by Marie-Claire Bergère

Book Overview

Favoured by the exceptional economic circumstances of the First World War and the immediate post-war years, Chinese entrepreneurs made their mark by modernising and establishing themselves as a business bourgeoisie. Focusing upon Shanghai, this study explores the astonishing growth of Western-style industry, commerce and banking during the Republic's first decade. Marie-Claire Bergere analyses how the bourgeoisie gradually constituted itself as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521110718
• ISBN13: 9780521110716
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"