An Unfinished Republic - Leading by Word and Deed in Modern China

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-520-26736-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 688 g

In this cogent and insightful reading of China’s twentieth-century political culture, David Strand argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political life—one that began to free men and women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of China’s social and cultural order. Chinese citizens confronted their leaders and each other face-to-face in a stance familiar to republics worldwide. This shift in political posture was accompanied by considerable trepidation as well as excitement. Profiling three prominent political actors of the time—suffragist Tang Qunying, diplomat Lu Zhengxiang, and revolutionary Sun Yatsen—Strand demonstrates how a sea change in political performance left leaders dependent on popular support and citizens enmeshed in a political process productive of both authority and dissent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strand, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Republican China

1. Slapping Song Jiaoren

2. Speaking Parts in Chinese History

3. A Woman’s Republic

4. Seeing Like a Citizen

5. Losing a Speech

6. Sun Yat-sen’s Last Words

Conclusion: Leading and Being Led

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Strand teaches politics and history at Dickinson College and is the author of Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s (UC Press).