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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Romanization -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Emergence and Politicization of Shanghai Merchant Organizations, 1895-1925 -- 1. From Guild to Interest Group: The Transformation of Public and Private -- 2. Politics, Economics, and the Changing Structure of Merchant Organizations, 1895-1920 -- 3. The May Thirtieth Movement and the Politicization of Business -- Part Two. Merchant Associations and the Rise and Fall of Party Rule in Shanghai -- 4. The Kuomintang as a Revolutionary Movement: Problems of Ideology and Organization -- 5. The Nationalists in Shanghai: The Merchant Associations and the Attempt to Establish Party Rule -- 6. The Demise of the Merchant Associations and the Failure of Party Rule -- Part Three. The Chinese Experience in Comparative Perspective -- 7. The Nanking Regime as a Case of Authoritarian Rule -- Conclusion: Nationalist China and the Problem of Public Authority -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author