Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contributors xi
5. Part One. Introduction
6. 1. Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai 3
7. Part Two. Middlemen: Compradors, Gangsters, and Political Activists
8. 2. Huang Yanpei and the Chinese Society of Vocational Education in Shanghai Networking 25
9. 3. Wang Yiting in the Social Networks of 1910s–1930s Shanghai 45
10. 4. Du Yuesheng, the French Concession, and Social Networks in Shanghai 65
11. Part Three. Network Dynamics: Political Movements and Social Networks
12. 5. Popular Protest in Shanghai, 1919–1927: Social Networks, Collective Identities, and Political Parties 87
13. 6. The National Salvation Movement and Social Networks in Republican Shanghai 110
14. 7. Politics of Trial, the News Media, and Social Networks in Nationalist China: The New Life Weekly Case, 1935 131
15. Part Four. Networks in Action: Charity and Welfare in Republican Shanghai
16. 8. What Is In a Network? Local, Personal, and Public Loyalties in the Context of Changing Conceptions of the State and Social Welfare 155
17. 9. The Politics of Philanthropy: Social Networks and Refugee Relief in Shanghai, 1932–1949 179
18. 10. Cosmopolitan Connections and Transnational Networks 206
19. Notes 225
20. Bibliography 267
21. Index 293