Modern China in Flux: Networks, Mobility, and Transformation

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Modern China in Flux

Networks, Mobility, and Transformation

Edited by: Christian Henriot

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 6 | Transformations of Modern China

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Modern China in Flux heralds a transformative epoch in historical research, spotlighting the innovative methodology of network analysis. As the digital age unfolds, historians encounter both an unparalleled opportunity and a daunting challenge: navigating the vast digital repositories of historical data. Central to this volume’s discourse is the imperative for a methodological shift in examining modern China's historical research. By embracing the digital evolution, this volume highlights the promise of network analysis as a model for historians.

Modern China, rich in tales of socio-political upheavals, economic transformations, and cultural shifts, emerges as a nuanced tapestry of intertwined narratives. Capturing its intricacies necessitates an approach that illuminates the multiple connections, alliances, and conflicts that shaped its course. Here, network analysis proves invaluable. By exploring textual databases and archival documents, and leveraging the capabilities of full-text historical sources, historians can craft a dynamic, interconnected narrative of modern China. Previously obscured relationships come into sharp focus, revealing the delicate balance of power, influence, and change.

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Christian Henriot, Aix-Marseille University, France.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Introduction. From Nodes to Narratives: Network Analysis and the Dynamics of Modern China Christian Henriot Open Access Download PDF	1
The Hong Kong Branch: A Spatial-Microhistory of Augustine Heard & Co., 1856–1876 Thomas M. Larkin Open Access Download PDF	23
Reimagining Elite Women’s Culture in Late Imperial China: Social Networks, Literary Legacies, and the Transition to Modernity Ling-ling Lien and Wei-chun Yeh Open Access Download PDF	59
Technocracy and Technostructure in Nationalist China: Expert Rule or Rule over Experts? Thorben Pelzer Open Access Download PDF	99
Agricultural Technocrats in Modern China: A Network-Based Study of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Wu Jen-shu and Wei-chun Yeh Open Access Download PDF	135
Bonding Minds, Bridging Nations: Sino-American Alumni Networks in the Era of Exclusion (1882–1936) Cécile Armand Open Access Download PDF	163
Chinese Students in Belgium (1919–1939): An Exploratory Analysis with the Liubi Xuesheng-Dataset Nora Van den Bosch Open Access Download PDF	241
Unleashing the Power of Knowledge and Networks: Raising Capital for Publishing Companies in Shanghai (1928–1937) Sun Huei-min Open Access Download PDF	281
Forging Bonds and Building Factories: The Networked World of Shanghai’s Industrial Elite Christian Henriot Open Access Download PDF	313
Social Stability and Mobility in Taiwan Across the 1945 Divide: The Habitus of Political Elites Táňa Dluhošová Open Access Download PDF	351
Index Open Access Download PDF	391

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eBook published on:

March 3, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783111374437

Hardcover published on:

March 3, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111372174

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Front matter:

6

Main content:

403

Illustrations:

7

Coloured Illustrations:

68

Coloured Line drawings:

9

Coloured Maps:

4

Tables:

55

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111374437

eBook ISBN: 9783111374437

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111372174

Keywords for this book

Modern China; Digital methods; Network analysis; Social history

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Students at the graduate level; historians; digital scholars; sinologists; scholars and students of network analysis

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