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Author Strand, David.

Title An unfinished republic : leading by word and deed in modern China / David Strand.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 387 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Philip E. Lilienthal book
Philip E. Lilienthal book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 the 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.
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Subject Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.
Tang, Qunying, 1871-1937.
Tang, Qunying, 1871-1937.
Lu, Zhenxiang, 1871-1949.
Lu, Zhenxiang, 1871-1949.
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.
Tang, Qunying, 1871-1937.
Lu, Zhenxiang, 1871-1949.
Lu, Zhenxiang, 1871-1949.
Tang, Qunying, 1871-1937.
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 -- Biography.
Political activists -- China -- Biography.
Political activists.
China.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Political oratory -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Political oratory.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Political leadership -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Political leadership.
Elite (Social sciences) -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Elite (Social sciences)
Political culture -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture.
China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1928.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1912-1928
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Strand, David. Unfinished republic. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267367 (DLC) 2010037307 (OCoLC)664519551
ISBN 9780520948747 (electronic book)
0520948742 (electronic book)
1283277859
9781283277853
9780520267367 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0520267362 (cloth ; acid-free paper)