In the 1920s, revolution, war, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in or near China's cities. Bound together by rail, telegraph, and a shared urban mentality, cities like Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing formed an arena in which the great issues of the day--the quest for social and civil peace, the defense of popular and national sovereignty, and the search for a distinctively modern Chinese society--were debated and fought over. People were drawn into this conflicts because they knew that the passage of...
In the 1920s, revolution, war, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place...
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 lifeone 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 timesuffragist Tang Qunying,...
In this cogent and insightful reading of China s twentieth-century political culture, David Strand argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engender...
