Li Hongzhang and Modern Shanghai Society (shanghai Urban Social Change Series)

Li Hongzhang and Modern Shanghai Society (shanghai Urban Social Change Series)

by Xu Fenghua

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"Shanghai Urban Social Change Series" is an in-depth review of Shanghai's urban social changes. The complete set of books covers all aspects of Shanghai's urban social changes. The author is an expert and scholar in relevant research fields from the Institute of History of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, the School of Foreign Languages ​​of Shanghai University, and the School of Humanities of Tongji University. He has rich experience and in-depth research in the history of Shanghai's urban social life. By reading this specific history of urban social changes in Shanghai, you will get more vivid information, which can either solve inherent problems or trigger new thinking. In short, you can deepen your understanding of the cultural heritage of the city of Shanghai. It is also of certain value for deepening and promoting the study of the entire modern history of China. The main content of "Shanghai Urban Social Change Series: Li Hongzhang and Modern Shanghai Society" is: Li Hongzhang led the Huai Army to Shanghai in 1862, successfully resisted the attack of the Taiping Army, and protected the security of Shanghai. On this basis, he "used Shanghai to pacify Wu" and successively recovered various parts of Sunan. He established his martial arts skills in one fell swoop and cleared the way for the final conquest of Nanjing. As a local official in Shanghai and governor of Jiangsu Province, Li Hongzhang removed the old and established the new politically, and built a personal network of relationships; he devoted himself to local officials and people's livelihood, raised pay and purchased grain for the Hunan-Huaihe army, and tried his best in negotiating foreign "barbarian affairs." Li Hongzhang successively founded the Third Bomb Bureau and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai, which kicked off the "Tongzhi ZTE" in the late Qing Dynasty. He also opened a series of civilian enterprises such as a steamship investment bureau, a machine weaving layout, and a telegraph bureau. He also petitioned to open a Cantonese dialect museum, participated in the preparation of the Gezhi Academy, and selected young children to study in the United States. He made great contributions to Shanghai's socioeconomic and cultural construction. Shanghai is the starting point of Li Hongzhang's glorious life. Without Shanghai, there would be no Li Hongzhang, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty.

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