Revolution As Restoration: Guocui Xuebao and China's Path to Modernity, 1905-1911

Name: Revolution As Restoration: Guocui Xuebao and China's Path to Modernity, 1905-1911
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ISBN: 9789004247802

ISBN-10: 9004247807

ISBN-13: 9789004247802

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tze-Ki Hon

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Revolution as Restoration examines the journal Guotui xueaao (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 am 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…

Book details

List price: $119.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Binding: Cloth Text
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Figures


Acknowledgements


List of Guocui xuebao Writers


Introduction: The Allure of the Nation



The Paradox of Global Competition



New Roles of the Educated Elite



The Law of Social Evolution



The Public Realm



Local Self-Government



Memories of Resistance


Conclusion: Lost in Transition


References Cited


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