LaMarx’s Reviews > Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Politics in Shanghai, 1890-1930 > Status Update

I hate Chiang Kai-shek.

holy peak. good work citing some niche development of corporatist theory in Europe, especially Catholic cultures. Clearly there was a theoretical affinity among Catholic corporatists and their notions of stewardship.

Really establishes the background for what allowed something like the Nanjing Decade to occur. Shanghai was so out of place, being such an incredibly massive hub. Its mixed (colonial concession) population, politically conscious working and business classes, also contributed. The guilds evolving in the face of imperialism and government devolution is a major point, so far. Excited to see where Fewsmith takes this.