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Local Gentry

Local Gentry is a social class of educated, land-owning elites in imperial China who, by virtue of their literary attainment and kinship ties, exercised cultural and administrative influence at the local level while remaining distinct from the central bureaucratic apparatus.

92

Publications

4.4K

Citations

108

Authors

27

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Shenshi

Parents

Publications

92

Rural China: Imperial Control in the Nineteenth Century

Maurice Freedman · Pacific Affairs · 1963 · 230 citations

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Moving and shaking: business élites, state localism and urban privatism

Jamie Peck · Progress in Human Geography · 1995 · 212 citations

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Building America: the democratic promise of public work

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 201 citations

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Culture, Power, and the State. Rural North China, 1900-1942

Robert E. Bedeski · Pacific Affairs · 1989 · 174 citations

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Rural China: Imperial Control in the Nineteenth Century.

Maurice T. Price, Kung-Chuan Hsaio · American Sociological Review · 1961 · 172 citations

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Authors

108

  1. JT
    J. T. Cliffe

    4 publications · 108 citations

    4

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  2. CC
    Chung-li Chang

    Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan

    3 publications · 284 citations

    3

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  3. FM
    Franz Michael

    2 publications · 271 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. AH
    Ann Hughes

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 37 citations

    2

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  5. MA
    Michael Altschul

    Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 159 citations

    2

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Institutions

27

  1. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  2. University of Northampton

    Northampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    21 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    266 citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    61 citations

  5. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  6. Auburn University

    Auburn, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Bucknell University

    Lewisburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 12 publications · 743 citations

    11

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  2. The Economic History Review

    9 publications · 321 citations

    9

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 447 citations

    6

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  4. Notes and Queries

    4 publications · 77 citations

    4

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  5. Pacific Affairs

    4 publications · 514 citations

    4

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