Fewsmith Joseph. Party, State and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Politics in Shanghai, 1890-1930

University of Hawaii Press, 1985. — 288 p.The Emergence and Politicization of Shanghai Merchant.Organizations, 1895-1925.
From Guild to Interest Group: The Transformation of Public and Private.
Politics, Economics, and the Changing Structure of Merchant Organizations, 1895-1920.
The May Thirtieth Movement and the Politicization of Business.
Merchant Associations and the Rise and Fall of Party Rule in Shanghai.
The Kuomintang as a Revolutionary Movement: Problems of Ideology and Organization.
The Nationalists in Shanghai: The Merchant Associations and the Attempt to Establish Party Rule.
The Demise of the Merchant Associations and the Failure of Party Rule.
The Chinese Experience in Comparative Perspective.
The Nanking Regime as a Case of Authoritarian Rule.
Conclusion: Nationalist China and the Problem of Public Authority.
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