The Suicide of Miss Xi: Democracy and Disenchantment in the Chinese Republic 9780674259133, 9780674259140, 2020050649, 9780674248823

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Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Prologue: A Scandal in the City
1. Shanghai Democracy and the Empty Republic
2. The New Woman, the Ghost, and the Ubiquitous Concubine
3. Long Live the Republic, Long Live the Stock Exchange
4. Morality and Justice in an Unsettled Republic
5. A Public without a Republic?
Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

The Suicide of Miss Xi: Democracy and Disenchantment in the Chinese Republic
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