附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index.
Introduction: The moral excellence of loving the group -- Foreign imperialism, immigration and disorder: Opium war aftermath and the Small Sword Uprising of 1853 -- Community, hierarchy and authority: Elites and non-elites in the making of native-place culture during the Late Qing -- Expansive practices: Charity, modern enterprise, the city and the state -- Native-place associations, foreign authority and early popular nationalism -- The native place and the nation: Anti-imperialist and republican revolutionary mobilization -- "Modern spirit," institutional change and the effects of warlord government associations in the early republic -- The native place and the state: Nationalism, state building and public maneuvering -- Conclusion: Culture, modernity and the sources of national identity.
