An Unfinished Republic - eBook

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In this cogent and insightful reading of Chinas twentieth-century political culture, David Strand argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political lifeone that began to free men and.

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women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of Chinas 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 timesuffragist Tang Qunying, diplomat Lu Zhengxiang, and revolutionary Sun YatsenStrand 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.