Entangled Histories : The Transcultural Past of Northeast China
This book examines transcultural entanglements in Manchuria during the first half of the twentieth century. It sheds light on various entangled histories in areas such as administration, the economy, ideas, ideologies, culture, media and daily life.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cham : Springer,
2013
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Schlagworte: | Manchuria (China) ; History Electronic books Mandschurei Geschichte 1880-1950 |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | This book examines transcultural entanglements in Manchuria during the first half of the twentieth century. It sheds light on various entangled histories in areas such as administration, the economy, ideas, ideologies, culture, media and daily life. Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Entangled Histories: The Transcultural Past of Northeast China -- The Shaping of a Region -- Entangled Histories -- Part I: Transgressing Cultural and National Borders -- ``Vasily´´ of China and his Russian Friends: Smugglers and their Transcultural Identities -- Introduction -- Porous Borders, Multiethnic Borderlands -- Gold Fever on Both Riverbanks -- Vasily´s ``Russian Connection´´ and Ianechek´s Old Friend -- Conclusion -- Intercultural Speakers in Harbin: The Sociolinguistic Profile of Chinese Pidgin Russian -- CPR Outline -- Social Factors -- Acculturation Strategies -- Conclusion -- Mixed Marriages in Russian-Chinese Manchuria -- The Globalisation of Death: Foreign Cemeteries in a Transnational Perspective -- Introduction -- Historiography of the Dead: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- Foreign Cemeteries in Asia: Transnational Arrangements and Transcultural Entanglements -- Harbin: The Global Outback -- Conclusions -- Part II: Constructing Identities: The Harbin Example -- Russian Émigrés in Harbin´s Multinational Past: Censuses and Identity -- 1898-1917 -- 1918-1931 -- 1932-1945 -- 1945-1980 -- The Yuandongbao : A Chinese or a Russian Newspaper? -- Brief History of the Yuandongbao -- Management and Staff of the Yuandongbao -- Market Competition and Financial Considerations -- The Russian Perspective, Interests, and Representation -- The Chinese Perspective, Interests, and Representation -- Conclusions -- ``Kharbinger´´ of Trouble. Anti-German Protest and Power Relations in a Manchurian City 1933 -- The Setting -- Intergroup Interaction -- Inner Group Interaction -- Conclusion -- Russian Fascism in Harbin and Manchuria -- The Historical Background -- The Political Circumstances -- The Organisational Background -- The Founding of the Fascist Party and Its Further Development. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319020488 331902048X 9783319020471 3319020471 |