The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918-1951
Utilising archives in mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and the USA, Nagatomi Hirayama examines the pivotal role of the Chinese Youth Party in China in the transformative years 1918-51. Tracing the party's birth in 1923 during the May Fourth movement, its revolutionary path to the late 1930s, and its de-radicalization in the 1940s, Hirayama discusses the emergence of the Chinese Youth Party as a robust revolutionary movement on the right, characterized by its cultural conservatism, political intellectualism, and national socialism. Although its history is relatively unknown, Hirayama argues that the Chinese Youth Party represented a serious competitor to the Chinese Communist Party and Guomindang, and proved to be of particular significance during World War II and China's Civil War. Shedding light on the ideas and practices of the Chinese Youth Party provides a significant lens through which to view the Chinese radical right in the first half of the twentieth century.
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The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918-1951
Utilising archives in mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and the USA, Nagatomi Hirayama examines the pivotal role of the Chinese Youth Party in China in the transformative years 1918-51. Tracing the party's birth in 1923 during the May Fourth movement, its revolutionary path to the late 1930s, and its de-radicalization in the 1940s, Hirayama discusses the emergence of the Chinese Youth Party as a robust revolutionary movement on the right, characterized by its cultural conservatism, political intellectualism, and national socialism. Although its history is relatively unknown, Hirayama argues that the Chinese Youth Party represented a serious competitor to the Chinese Communist Party and Guomindang, and proved to be of particular significance during World War II and China's Civil War. Shedding light on the ideas and practices of the Chinese Youth Party provides a significant lens through which to view the Chinese radical right in the first half of the twentieth century.
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The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918-1951

The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918-1951

by Nagatomi Hirayama
The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918-1951

The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918-1951

by Nagatomi Hirayama

Overview

Utilising archives in mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and the USA, Nagatomi Hirayama examines the pivotal role of the Chinese Youth Party in China in the transformative years 1918-51. Tracing the party's birth in 1923 during the May Fourth movement, its revolutionary path to the late 1930s, and its de-radicalization in the 1940s, Hirayama discusses the emergence of the Chinese Youth Party as a robust revolutionary movement on the right, characterized by its cultural conservatism, political intellectualism, and national socialism. Although its history is relatively unknown, Hirayama argues that the Chinese Youth Party represented a serious competitor to the Chinese Communist Party and Guomindang, and proved to be of particular significance during World War II and China's Civil War. Shedding light on the ideas and practices of the Chinese Youth Party provides a significant lens through which to view the Chinese radical right in the first half of the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781009101967
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/17/2025
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Nagatomi Hirayama is Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

Table of Contents

List of figures, maps, and tables; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Chronology; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Origin of the Chinese political right in the May Fourth; 3. “Young China” in Europe: The rise of the Chinese political right in the age of extremes, 1919–1924; 4. Ideas and politics in warlords' China: The CYP's national socialist movement, 1924–1937; 5. Pen and gun: The Chinese Youth Party's military mobilization, late 1920s–mid-1930s; 6. Going local: The Chinese Youth Party in Sichuan, 1926–1937; 7. Farewell to revolution: from national socialists to democratic socialists; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.
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