Shanghaï ou « l'autre Chine », 1919-1949 - article ; n°5 ; vol.34, pg 1039-1068

Marie-Claire Bergère

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Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1979 - Volume 34 - Numéro 5 - Pages 1039-1068
Shanghai an other China 1919-1949 Marie-Claire BERG RE Minority tendencies the tendencies defeated by history run strong risk of appearing in the eyes of the latter as nothing but insignificant deviations After the triumph of the Chinese Revolution Shanghai which was looked on as the capital of money cosmopolitanism and vice was cold-shouldered by the new regime Most historians in China as well as in the West regard it as passing anomaly brought on by the presence of foreigners witness to shameful past But the stigmata of imperialism -which mark the history of Shanghai ought not to blind us to the role played by this city during the century-long western interlude At time when the weakening of the traditional political order and the decline of bureaucratic constraints were liberating the energies of the people the existence of haven of order and security the Concession territories preserved them The newly-emerging society in Shanghai at that time probably signalled less the triumph of the West than the revenge very ancient minority tendency namely the merchants oppositional intellectuals and other cast-offs from the mandarin system As window into world civilization Shanghai also stood as an outpost for non-conformist urban China commercial and cosmopolitan for which modernization was merely the latest in long line of heresies
30 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: ANNALES_ECONOMIES_SOCIETES_CIVILISATIONS
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1979
• Nombre de lectures: 27
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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