Revolution as Restoration examines the journal Guocui xuebao (1905-1911) to elucidate the momentous political and social changes in early twentieth-century China. Rather than viewing the journal as a collection of documents for studying a thinker (e.g., Zhang Taiyan), a concept (e.g., national essence), or an intellectual movement (e.g., cultural conservatism), this book focuses on the global network of commerce and communication that allowed independent publications to appear in the Chinese print market. As such, this book offers a different perspective on the Chinese quest for modernity. It shows that, from the start, the Chinese quest for modernity was never completely orchestrated by the central government, nor was it static and monolithic as the teleology of revolution describes.
| ISBN: | 9789004247802 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2013 |
| Author: | Tzeki Hon |
| Publisher: | Brill |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Series: | Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography |
| Genres: |
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions History of ideas |
Revolution as Restoration examines the journal Guocui xuebao (1905-1911) to elucidate the momentous political and social changes in early twentieth-century China. Rather than viewing the journal as a collection of documents for studying a thinker (e.g., Zhang Taiyan), a concept (e.g., national essence), or an intellectual movement (e.g., cultural conservatism), this book focuses on the global network of commerce and communication that allowed independent publications to appear in the Chinese print market. As such, this book offers a different perspective on the Chinese quest for modernity. It shows that, from the start, the Chinese quest for modernity was never completely orchestrated by the central government, nor was it static and monolithic as the teleology of revolution describes.
Revolution as Restoration features in the following genres: Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, History of ideas
Revolution as Restoration is available in Hardback
Revolution as Restoration was written by Tzeki Hon and published by Brill
Yes it is part of Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography series