Tianjin Cosmopolis by Pierre Singaravlou
Pierre Singaravelou tells the story of Tianjins emergence as a transnational metropolis, arguing that the citys experience challenges conventional narratives of the origins of globalization.-
The Company and the Shogun
-
Peace on Our Terms
-
The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia
-
Unsettling Utopia
-
Faith in Revolution
-
Global Population
-
The The Race for Universal Monarchy
-
Progress from the Margins
-
The Gold Standard at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
-
Melancholy Order
-
Empire by Law
-
Identifying with Nationality
-
The African Diaspora
-
Melancholy Borders
-
The Other Cold War
-
Global Intellectual History
-
Feasting on History
-
Staple to Superfood
-
Victimhood Nationalism
-
Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China
-
The Limits of Westernization
-
The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment
-
Asian Place, Filipino Nation
-
Fixing the Sky
A multistranded, multivocal microhistory of a global city at the heart of a world war, Tianjin Cosmopolis offers exceptionally luminous insight into China’s experiences of imperialism and modernity-- Julia Lovell, author of Maoism: A Global History
This book offers a remarkable revision of the conventional history of nineteenth-century China as entirely a victim of globalization, giving it instead an active role in shaping how the world came to China. Sometimes we need an informed outsider like Pierre Singaravélou to upend our assumptions and introduce a new perspective, which is what this book does. -- Timothy Brook, author of Great State: China and the World
Singaravélou uncovers the hidden story of one of the first attempts at multinational governance. Tracing the complex interactions among the Western occupiers and between these and the local population of Tianjin, this book blurs the lines between foreign and Chinese, traditional and modern, providing a fascinating alternative to conventional histories of globalization. -- Thoralf Klein, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
The 1900 war in China brutally thrust Tianjin into a globalized world. Singaravélou uses this history to examine the connection between urbanization and modernization. Through the creation of its international government, Tianjin became the center of an administrative, social, and cultural experiment in terms of city planning, public health policy, and river management. This book is a significant contribution to Chinese urban history. -- François Gipouloux, National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris
This book offers a remarkable revision of the conventional history of nineteenth-century China as entirely a victim of globalization, giving it instead an active role in shaping how the world came to China. Sometimes we need an informed outsider like Pierre Singaravélou to upend our assumptions and introduce a new perspective, which is what this book does. -- Timothy Brook, author of Great State: China and the World
Singaravélou uncovers the hidden story of one of the first attempts at multinational governance. Tracing the complex interactions among the Western occupiers and between these and the local population of Tianjin, this book blurs the lines between foreign and Chinese, traditional and modern, providing a fascinating alternative to conventional histories of globalization. -- Thoralf Klein, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
The 1900 war in China brutally thrust Tianjin into a globalized world. Singaravélou uses this history to examine the connection between urbanization and modernization. Through the creation of its international government, Tianjin became the center of an administrative, social, and cultural experiment in terms of city planning, public health policy, and river management. This book is a significant contribution to Chinese urban history. -- François Gipouloux, National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris
Pierre Singaravélou is professor of history at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a former British Academy Global Professor at King’s College London.
Stephen W. Sawyer is the Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History and director of the Center for Critical Democracy Studies at the American University of Paris.
Stephen W. Sawyer is the Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History and director of the Center for Critical Democracy Studies at the American University of Paris.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780231192019 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231192010 |
| Title | Tianjin Cosmopolis |
| Author | Pierre Singaravlou |
| Series | Columbia Studies In International And Global History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2025-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |