Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

From war to nationalism : China's turning point, 1924-1925 / Arthur Waldron.

By: Series: Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutionsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: xix, 366 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521472385 (hardback)
  • 9780521472388 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.04/1 20
LOC classification:
  • DS777.36 .W34 1995
Contents:
1. China under the Northern system -- 2. How the wars began -- 3. Armament and tactics -- 4. The war in the South -- 5. The war in the North -- 6. The war and the economy -- 7. The war and society -- 8. The war and the powers -- 9. The turning point -- 10. The collapse of the north -- 11. 1925: politics in a new key.
Summary: Scholars have long recognized that Chinese politics changed fundamentally in 1925, when the radical nationalism of the May Thirtieth Movement took political center stage and the Nationalist revolution began. This book explains that epochal development by showing the connection between that nationalistic upsurge and the introduction of modern World War I-style warfare to China. Its focus is the key year 1924, which saw a regional dispute about the status of Shanghai escalate into a massive civil war. Drawing on a wide range of newly available archival and other sources, this book shows how the war of 1924 opened the way for radical nationalism, deeply affecting the Chinese economy, society, politics, and foreign relations - and ultimately the ways Chinese thought about what was wrong with their society and how it should be changed.Summary: Like the author's well-received first book, The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth, this highly readable volume moves easily and persuasively from specifics of strategy and politics to the large and abiding issues of Chinese history and culture.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS777.36 .W34 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00007661

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-328) and index.

Scholars have long recognized that Chinese politics changed fundamentally in 1925, when the radical nationalism of the May Thirtieth Movement took political center stage and the Nationalist revolution began. This book explains that epochal development by showing the connection between that nationalistic upsurge and the introduction of modern World War I-style warfare to China. Its focus is the key year 1924, which saw a regional dispute about the status of Shanghai escalate into a massive civil war. Drawing on a wide range of newly available archival and other sources, this book shows how the war of 1924 opened the way for radical nationalism, deeply affecting the Chinese economy, society, politics, and foreign relations - and ultimately the ways Chinese thought about what was wrong with their society and how it should be changed.

Like the author's well-received first book, The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth, this highly readable volume moves easily and persuasively from specifics of strategy and politics to the large and abiding issues of Chinese history and culture.

1. China under the Northern system -- 2. How the wars began -- 3. Armament and tactics -- 4. The war in the South -- 5. The war in the North -- 6. The war and the economy -- 7. The war and society -- 8. The war and the powers -- 9. The turning point -- 10. The collapse of the north -- 11. 1925: politics in a new key.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.