Author: Esherick, Joseph W. ; & Rankin, Mary Backus ; editors:
Title: Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, 1993. New edtn. orig.wrappers. 22x14cm, xvii,450 pp, PAPERBACK. Series: Studies on China, 11.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Affords a panoramic social history of the dramatic changes that took place during China's transformation from an imperial power to a Republic. The contributors present detailed studies of the upper classes, ranging from wealthy urban merchants and village leaders to 20th-century militarists" - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Chinese Sociology, Historical, China East Asia, Social History, Elite Elites, , , ,