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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824013403321

Autore

Strand David

Titolo

An unfinished republic [[electronic resource] ] : leading by word and deed in modern China / / David Strand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-27785-9

9786613277855

0-520-94874-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (403 p.)

Collana

Philip E. Lilienthal book

Disciplina

951.04092

B

Soggetti

Political activists - China

Political oratory - China - History - 20th century

Political leadership - China - History - 20th century

Elite (Social sciences) - China - History - 20th century

Political culture - China - History - 20th century

China History Republic, 1912-1949 Biography

China Politics and government 1912-1928

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Republican China -- Slapping Song Jiaoren -- Speaking parts in Chinese history -- A woman's Republic -- Seeing like a citizen -- Losing a speech -- Sun Yat-sen's last words -- Conclusion: Leading and being led.

Sommario/riassunto

In this cogent and insightful reading of China's twentieth-century political culture, David Strand argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political life-one that began to free men and women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of China's social and cultural order. Chinese citizens confronted their leaders and each other face-to-face in a stance familiar to republics worldwide. This shift in political posture was accompanied by considerable trepidation as well as excitement. Profiling three prominent political actors of the time-suffragist Tang Qunying,



diplomat Lu Zhengxiang, and revolutionary Sun Yatsen-Strand demonstrates how a sea change in political performance left leaders dependent on popular support and citizens enmeshed in a political process productive of both authority and dissent.