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The city in late Imperial China
Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-
Year: 1995, c1977.
Publisher:  SMC Publishing. 
© G. William Skinner
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table of contents
Frontmatter
List of Maps and Figures
Contributors
PART ONE: The City in History
Introduction: Urban Development in Imperial China
The Cosmology of the Chinese City
The Morphology of Walled Capitals
The Transformation of Nanking, 1350-1400
The Formation of Cities: Initiative and Motivation in Building Three Walled Cities in Taiwan
Regional Urbanization in Nineteenth-Century China
PART TWO: The City in Space
Introduction: Urban and Rural in Chinese Society
Cities and the Hierarchy of Local Systems
The Yamen and Urban Administration
Ningpo and Its Hinterland
Market Towns and Waterways: The County of Shang-hai from 1480 to 1910
Academies and Urban Systems in Kwangtung
Extended Kinship in the Traditional City
PART THREE: The City as a Social System
Introduction: Urban Social Structure in Ch'ing China
Early Ch'ing Guilds
School-Temple and City God
Urban Social Control
Social Structure in a Nineteenth-Century Taiwanese Port City
Neighborhood Cult Associations in Traditional Tainan
Notes
Character List
Index
Errata
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Title: The city in late Imperial China : edited by G. William Skinner.
Author: Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-
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Source Version: The city in late Imperial China : edited by G. William Skinner. 
Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-
Taipei: SMC Publishing, 1995, c1977.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02381
Subject Headings: • Cities and towns -- China
Notes: • Reprint. Originally published: Palo Alto, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1977.
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