Rejuvenating a Tradition - Wong, Young-tsu
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This book collects eleven articles and reviews on the history of modern China with particular emphasis on the themes of reform and revolution. The topics include the reform thought of Feng Kuei-fen and Wang T'ao, the changing Chinese world view, the quest for a constitutional monarchy and economic modernization, the significance of the Kuang-hsu emperor to the 1898 Reform, the 1911 Revolution in provinces, and the nature of the May Fourth Movement.

Produktbeschreibung
This book collects eleven articles and reviews on the history of modern China with particular emphasis on the themes of reform and revolution. The topics include the reform thought of Feng Kuei-fen and Wang T'ao, the changing Chinese world view, the quest for a constitutional monarchy and economic modernization, the significance of the Kuang-hsu emperor to the 1898 Reform, the 1911 Revolution in provinces, and the nature of the May Fourth Movement.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Young-tsu Wong is Professor of Asian History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been a visiting professor in mainland China, Taiwan, and Australia. Among his many books, the most recent are Search for Modern Nationalism: Zhang Binglin and Revolutionary China, 1869-1936 (Oxford, 1989) and On Historiography (1988, in Chinese).
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"The author's use of sources is very impressive, and his interpretations have contributed significantly to our understanding of the late 19th and early 20th century China." (Burton I. Kaufman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)