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Janet Y. Chen is assistant professor of history and East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
- 海外中国研究
- 社会史
- 城市史
- 历史学
- 历史
- 民国
- 近代史
- 中国现代史
In the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem." Interweaving analysis of shifting social viewpoints, the evolution of poor relief institutions, and the lived experiences of the urban poor, Janet Chen explores the development of Chinese attitudes toward urban poverty and of policies intended for its alleviation.
Chen concentrates on Beijing and Shanghai, two of China's most important cities, and she considers how various interventions carried a lasting influence. The advent of the workhouse, the denigration of the nonworking poor as "social parasites," and efforts to police homelessness and vagrancy--all had significant impact on the lives of people struggling to survive. Chen provides a crucially needed historical lens for understanding how beliefs about poverty intersected with shattering historical events, producing new welfare policies and institutions for the benefit of some, but to the detriment of others.
Drawing on vast archival material, Guilty of Indigence deepens the historical perspective on poverty in China and reveals critical lessons about a still-pervasive social issue.
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讲的是整个民国期间北京上海贫民救济史，略及晚清和新中国。吸引我的是导论里提到politics of exclusion和citizenship的问题，不过我并不觉得经验材料回应了这个概念，或者说，那个时期更接近于nation-building的问题而很难说与citizenship相关。书里大概有这样几条主线：前半本书“贫穷”这个概念在晚清民国的知识史，贯穿全书的政府针对贫民的救济院，以及后面几章均提到上海hut dwellers抗争。前两条线福柯味道略浓以致于让人怀疑经验材料的广度，抗争这部分并不跟前头完全搭得上。应当是一个有理论想象力的题目，但这方面的讨论只有导论的几段，难免让丰富的材料显得零散，经验和概念的关系显得疏离。或许单纯地把它当作救济史看会更好一些。
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评分愿做太平犬，不做乱世人。基于档案、报纸的传统历史研究，但全书贯穿了十足的社会科学色彩。确实反映海外汉学研究新动向的好书。
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