Chinese discourses on the peasant, 1900-1949 / Xiaorong Han.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Han, Xiaorong, 1963-

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--China.

Peasants.

Peasant uprisings--China.

Peasant uprisings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Xiaorong Han explores how Chinese intellectuals envisioned the peasantry and its role in changing society during the first half of the twentieth century. Politically motivated intellectuals, both Communist and non-Communist, believed that rural peasants and their villages would be at the heart of change during this long period of national crisis. Nevertheless, intellectuals saw themselves as the true shapers of change who would transform and use the peasantry. Han uses intellectuals' writings to provide a comprehensive look at their views of the peasantry. He shows how intellectuals with varying politics created images of the peasant—a supposed contemporary image and an ideal image of the peasant transformed for political ends, how intellectuals theorized on the nature of Chinese rural life, and how intellectuals conceived their own relationships with peasants.

Contents:

Intro

Chinese Discourses on the Peasant, 1900-1949

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Intelligentsia, the Peasantry, and the Chinese Nation

3. The Image of the Peasant

4. The Nature of Rural Society

5. Patterns of Intellectual-Peasant Relations

6. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-252) and index.

ISBN:

9780791483923

0791483924

9781423743699

1423743695

OCLC:

461441968