Reappraising Republican China

by Frederic Wakeman (Editor), Richard Louis Edmonds (Editor)

Overview

This book is a testament to the accomplishments of Republican studies during the 1980s and early 1990s. Leading scholars review many aspects of contemporary research on the Republican era, ranging from the influence of fascism on Chiang Kai-Shek to the transition from the Qing dynasty to the Republic. Relevant for all interested in the key period in China between Monarchy and Communism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198296171
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/30/2000
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Frederic Wakeman, Jr. is Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard Louis Edmonds is Senior Lecturer in Geography with reference to China at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in the University of London and Editor of The China Quarterly.

Table of Contents

The State of Studies on Republican China, Richard Louis Edmonds
State and Society in Early Republican Politics, 191218, Mary Backus Rankin
Reflections on China's Late 19th and Early 20th-Century Economy, Loren Brandt
Civil Society and Urban Change in Republican China, Marie-Claire Bergère
The Evolution of Republican Government, Julia C. Strauss
The Military in the Republic, Hans van de Ven
Shanghai Modernity: Commerce and Culture in a Republican City, Wen-hsin Yeh
A Revisionist View of the Nanjing Decade: Confucian Fascism, Frederic Wakeman
The Internationalization of China: Foreign Relations at Home and Abroad in the Republican Era, William C. Kirby