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Power and identity in the Chinese world order : festschrift in honour of Professor Wang Gungwu / edited by Billy K.L. So ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences)--China--History.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Nationalism--China--History.
- Nationalism.
- National characteristics, Chinese.
- China--History.
- China.
- China--Politics and government.
- China--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (475 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; Cardiff : Drake, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a celebration of the life, work, and impact of Professor Wang Gungwu over the past four decades. It commemorates his contribution to the study of Chinese history and the abiding influence he has exercised over later generations of historians, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; Prologue. Wang Gongwu: The Historian in His Times; Part I. In Search of Power: Power Restructuring in Modern China; 1. The Fujianese Revolutionaries, 1895-1911; 2. Nation, Territory and Frontier: Chiang Kai-shek' s Realism in Action; 3. The Keomintanng Peace Mission on the Eve of the Communist T akeover; 4. The New Positioning of Hong Kongafter Reunification with Mainland China; Part II. In Search of Power: State Power vs. Economy and Society in Modern China
- 5. A Biographical Sketch of Liu Xuexun: The Controversial and Mysterious Guangdong Gambling Farmer, Mandarin-Capitalist and Secret Agent in Modern China6. Illusions of Autonomy? Journalism, Commerce and the State in Republican China; 7. Chinese Nationalism and Democracy During the War Period, 1937-1945: A Critique of the Jiuwang -Qimeng Dichotomy; Part III. In Search of Chineseness: Identity of a Nation; 8. Negotiating Chinese Identity in Five Dynasties Narratives: From the Ol d History to the New History; 9. Tireaties, Politics and the Limits of Local Diplomacy in Fuzhou in the Early 1850s
- 10. On Being ChinesePart IV. In Search of Chineseness: Community and Self; 11. The Returned Overseas Chinese Communityin Hong Kong: Some Observations; 12. Writing the Chinese Canadian Diaspora: Multiculturalism and Confucian Values; 13. Langxiain's 'Siege at Yangzhom': A Post-Ming Reading; 14. The Slave Who Would Be Equal: The Significance of Liang Qichao's Australian Wr itings; Epilogue. Wang Gungwu: An Oral History; Appendix. Selected Publications (1957-2001); Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70386-2
- 9786612703867
- 988-220-251-9
- OCLC:
- 642685751
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