1919 - the year that changed China a new history of the new culture movement

The year 1919 changed Chinese culture radically, but in a way that completely took contemporaries by surprise. At the beginning of the year, even well-informed intellectuals did not anticipate that, for instance, baihua (aprecursor of the modern Chinese language), communism, Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Other Authors: Forster, Elisabeth, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2018]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Transformations of Modern China
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654227506719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Early 1919 - Reforms to save the nation
  • 2. May 4, 1919 - Rumors and conspiracy theories
  • 3. Late 1919 - Marketing with the "New Culture Movement"
  • 4. The 1920s and 1930s - The limits of the New Culture Movement
  • 5. 1919 to 2016 - Canonizing a buzzword
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index