Format:
1 online resource (182 pages)
ISBN:
9781461644361
Series Statement:
The Human Tradition around the World series
Content:
Through compelling biographies of a wide range of historical figures, this engaging text presents a panorama of modern Chinese history that illustrates the great social and political changes that have occurred over the past 500 years. Through the lives of both the famous and the obscure, the contributors explore such enduring themes of the flexibility of the definition of "Chinese" in an era of imperialism and revolution, the tremendous transformations in gender relations, and the wide gap between the lives of urban and rural Chinese. Richly researched, these biographies are written in an accessible and appealing style that will engage all readers interested in modern China.
Content:
Intro -- The Human Tradition around the World Series Editors: William H. Beezley and Colin M. MacLachlan -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE - Li Shizhen: Early Modern Scientist -- Further Reading -- CHAPTER TWO - Amazon, Artist, and Adventurer: A Courtesan in Late Imperial China -- The Pleasure Quarters of Late Imperial China -- The Chinese Courtesan -- Girls in Gaily Painted Boats -- Bohemian Beauty -- Flowers and Flute: The Courtesan Painter -- Amazon and Archer -- In the Literati's Eyes -- Culture and Commerce -- The Gentlewomen's Gaze -- Emancipation, Power, and Politics -- The Female Knight-Errant -- Paradoxes -- Further Reading -- Notes -- CHAPTER THREE - Zou Boqi on Vision and Photography in Nineteenth-Century China -- Zou Boqi's Life and Intellectual Outlook -- The Rise of Photography -- Camera Vision in Nineteenth-Century China -- A New Construction of Vision -- A Chinese History of Photography -- Zou Boqi and Modernity -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Notes -- CHAPTER FOUR - Ho Kai: A Chinese Reformer in Colonial Hong Kong -- Ho Kai's Colonial Context -- Colonial Hong Kong and Chinese Nationalism -- Ho Kai and the Chinese Reform Movement -- The Role of the West: Hong Kong as a Model for China -- Conflicting Interests: Ho Kai the Capitalist -- The Tram Boycott of 1912-1913 and Ho Kai's Forced Retirement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CHAPTER FIVE - Der Ling: Manchu Princess, Cultural Advisor, and Author -- Childhood (1884-1894) -- Living Overseas (1895-1902) -- Two Years in the Forbidden City (1903-1905) -- Leaving the Palace and After -- Further Reading -- Notes -- CHAPTER SIX - Li Chenggan: Patriot, Populist, and Factory Patriarch -- Further Reading -- Notes -- CHAPTER SEVEN - The Beijing University Students in the May Fourth Era: A Collective Biography -- An Event and a Tradition.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742554665
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780742554665
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1319406
