USA, University of California Press, 1995. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust jacket, in-8, xii+367 pp., 2 tables, 5 maps, 9 figures, very good copy.
Contents: Introduction - Foreign Imperialism, Immigration and Disorder - Community, Hierarchy and Authority - Expansive Practices - Native-Place Associations, Foreign Authority and Early Popular Nationalism - The Native Place and the Nation - 'Modern Spirit' Institutional Change and the Effects of Warlord Government - The Native Place and the State - Conclusion.