Description |
1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Contemporary Chinese studies, 1206-9523 |
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Contemporary Chinese studies.
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Contents |
Introduction : Where Yellow ruled White- Harbin, 1929 -- Railway frontier : North Manchuria before 1917 -- The Chinese Eastern Railway : from Russian concession to Chinese Special District -- Securing the Special District : police, courts, and prisons -- Experiments co-administering the Chinese Eastern Railway -- Manchurian landlords : the struggle over the special district's land -- Whose city is this? Special District Municipal governance -- Making Russians Chinese : secondary and post-secondary education -- Conclusion : playing guest and host on the Manchurian stage -- Appendix |
Summary |
Harbin of the 1920s was viewed by Westerners as a world turned upside down. The Chinese government had taken over administration of the Russian-founded Chinese Eastern Railway concession, and its large Russian population. This account of the decade-long multi-ethnic and multi-national administrative experiment in North Manchuria reveals that China not only created policies to promote Chinese sovereignty, but also instituted measures to protect the Russian minority. This multi-faceted book is a historical examination of how an ethnic, cultural, and racial majority coexisted with a minority of a different culture and race. It restores to history the multiple national influences that have shaped northern China and Chinese nationalism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Chinese Eastern Railway -- History
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SUBJECT |
Chinese Eastern Railway fast |
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Russians -- China -- Manchuria -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Ethnic relations
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Politics and government
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Russians
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SUBJECT |
Manchuria (China) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
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Harbin Shi (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Harbin Shi (China) -- History -- 20th century
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Subject |
China -- Harbin Shi
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China -- Manchuria
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780774816588 |
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0774816589 |
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1283335301 |
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9781283335300 |
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0774816562 |
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9780774816564 |
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