Revolution as restoration [electronic resource] : Guocui xuebao and China's path to modernity, 1905-1911 / by Tze-ki Hon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hon, Tze-Ki, 1958-

Series:

Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography 6.

Leiden series in comparative historiography ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual life.

China--Intellectual life--20th century.

China.

Guo cui xue bao.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revolution as Restoration examines the journal Guocui xuebao (1905-1911) to elucidate the momentous political and social changes in early twentieth-century China. Rather than viewing the journal as a collection of documents for studying a thinker (e.g., Zhang Taiyan), a concept (e.g., national essence), or an intellectual movement (e.g., cultural conservatism), this book focuses on the global network of commerce and communication that allowed independent publications to appear in the Chinese print market. As such, this book offers a different perspective on the Chinese quest for modernity. It shows that, from the start, the Chinese quest for modernity was never completely orchestrated by the central government, nor was it static and monolithic as the teleology of revolution describes.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: The Allure of the Nation

1. The Paradox of Global Competition

2. New Roles of the Educated Elite

3. The Law of Social Evolution

4. The Public Realm

5. Local Self-Government

6. Memories of Resistance

Conclusion: Lost in Transition

References Cited

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-24877-3

OCLC:

829854799

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004248779 DOI