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Street culture in Chengdu : public space, urban commoners, and local politics, 1870-1930 / Di Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Di, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--China--Chengdu--History.
- Popular culture.
- Urbanization--China--Chengdu--History.
- Urbanization.
- Chengdu (China)--Civilization.
- Chengdu (China).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Street Culture in Chengdu
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book examines street culture in Chengdu, an under-studied inland city, during the transformative decades between 1870 and 1930, in order to explore various topics: the relationship between urban commoners and public space; the role that community and neighborhood played in public life; how the reform movement and the Republican revolution changed everyday life; and how popular culture and local politics interacted.
- Contents:
- Commoners and public space
- The street
- Street life
- Commoners and social reformers
- Reshaping the street and public life
- Street control
- Commoners and local politics
- The struggle for the street
- Street politics.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
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