Saving the nation : economic modernity in republican China / Margherita Zanasi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zanasi, Margherita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Economic conditions--1912-1949.

China.

China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.

China--Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic modernity is so closely associated with nationhood that it is impossible to imagine a modern state without an equally modern economy. Even so, most people would have difficulty defining a modern economy and its connection to nationhood. In Saving the Nation, Margherita Zanasi explores this connection by examining the first nation-building attempt in China after the fall of the empire in 1911. Challenging the assumption that nations are products of technological and socioeconomic forces, Zanasi argues that it was notions of what constituted a modern nation that led the Nationalist nation-builders to shape China's institutions and economy. In their reform effort, they confronted several questions: What characterized a modern economy? What role would a modern economy play in the overall nation-building effort? And how could China pursue economic modernization while maintaining its distinctive identity? Zanasi expertly shows how these questions were negotiated and contested within the Nationalist Party. Silenced in the Mao years, these dilemmas are reemerging today as a new leadership once again redefines the economic foundation of the nation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

PART I. Envisioning Modern China

PART II. Building the Corporativist State

PART III. From Theory to Practice

PART IV. Defending Which Nation?

Conclusion

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-297) and index.

ISBN:

9786612505836

9781282505834

1282505831

9780226978741

0226978745

OCLC:

593304399