| Description |
xix, 357 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Making of the modern world |
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Making of the modern world.
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| Contents |
1. Flashpoint : 4 May 1919 : the making of a New China -- 2. A tale of two cities : Beijing, Shanghai, and the May Fourth generation -- 3. Experiments in happiness : life and love in new culture China -- 4. Goodbye Confucius : new culture, new politics -- 5. A land of death : darkness over China -- 6. Tomorrow the whole world will be red : the cultural revolution and the distortions of May Fourth -- 7. Ugly Chinamen and dead rivers : reform and the 'new May Fourth' -- 8. Learning to let go : the May Fourth legacy in the new millennium |
| Summary |
"The defining moment in the development of a modern China is shown to be 4 May 1919 at the Tian'anmen gate in Beijing, where a new generation rejected Confucianism and traditional Chinese culture, and protested violently against the Paris Peace Conference. Chinese cities at that time still bore the imprints of their ancient past, with narrow lanes and sacred temples, but they were starting to change with the influx of foreign traders, teachers, and missionaries, all eager to shape China's ancient past into a modern present. People's lives changed, from the politicians and novelists adapting to the realities of a globalized world, to the men and women who worked, loved, and laughed in the parks and cafes of the new China."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online |
| Subject |
Natural childbirth.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024101
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China -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024167
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2004041561 |
| ISBN |
0192803417 |
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