Return of the dragon : China's wounded nationalism / Maria Hsia Chang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chang, Maria Hsia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism and communism--China.

Nationalism and communism.

Nationalism--China.

Nationalism.

China.

China--Politics and government--1976-.

Politics and government.

China--Economic policy--1976-.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

China's wounded nationalism

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Summary:

As Maoism recedes, and especially after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Beijing has increasingly turned to patriotic nationalism for its ideological inspiration and legitimation. Return of the Dragon begins with a discussion of the concept and theory of nationalism. The formation and development of the Chinese people are explored, including their myths of origins, early beginnings, the classical feudal period, and the enduring state and empire of the Middle Kingdom. The last chapters of Return of the Dragon describe contemporary China's patriotic nationalism as it is represented in the writings of Chinese intellectuals, the youth, and the military. The book concludes with an examination of the Chinese polity that remains authoritarian, and of U.S. policy implications.

Contents:

1 The Problem 1

2 On Nationalism 13

3 Children of the Dragon 33

4 One Hundred Years of Humiliation 57

5 The Early Nationalists 87

6 The Developmental Nationalist Ideology of Sun Yat-sen 107

7 From Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping 141

8 Patriotic Nationalism of the People's Republic 175

9 Chinese Irredentist Nationalism 205

10 The Other Face of Janus 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813338565

OCLC:

45304652