“Useless to the State”

“Social Problems” and Social Engineering in Nationalist Nanjing, 1927–1937

Author:
Zwia Lipkin
Copyright Year:
2006
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978-1-68417-426-3
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Preliminary Material
Pages: i–xxiii
Introduction
Pages: 1–20
A New Society for a New Capital
Pages: 21–60
Refugees
An Unforeseen Consequence of Development
Pages: 61–87
Shantytowns
A Side Effect of Population Increase
Pages: 88–128
Rickshaw-Pulling
An “Unscientific” Occupation
Pages: 129–161
Prostitution
An “Unenviable Reputation”
Pages: 162–199
Beggary
“Consumes Without Producing”
Pages: 200–228
Epilogue
Pages: 229–253
Biographies of the Mayors of Nanjing
Pages: 255–261
Statistics on Shantytowns
Pages: 262–273
Statistics on Rickshaw-Pullers
Pages: 274–284
Notes
Pages: 285–387
Bibliography
Pages: 389–408
Index
Pages: 409–420
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Pages: 421–432
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Publisher:
Harvard University Asia Center
Language:
English
Pages:
259
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9781684174263

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