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Informationen zum Autor Rana Mitter is University Lecturer in the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of St Cross College. He is the author of The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) and co-editor (with Patrick Major) of Across the Blocs: Cold War Cultural and Social Histories (2003). He has broadcast on topics to do with ancient and modern China and Japan on History Channel television documentaries and on radio. Klappentext A Bitter RevolutionChina's Struggle with the Modern WorldExciting account of how the politics and culture of China changed forever during the twentieth centuryBrings previously unheard voices from modern China to light, using a range of new and fascinating sourcesShines a light on China's 'hidden history', e.g. China and Japan were not always enemies, and Communism was not inevitably destined to succeed in ChinaShows how the 1910s and 20s, traditionally regarded as progressive and liberal, hid the seeds of China's future political crises Zusammenfassung China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Shock 1: Flashpoint - Beijing, May Fourth, 1919 2: A Tale of Two Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, and the May Fourth Generation 3: Experiments in Happiness: Life and Love in New Culture China 4: Goodbye Confucius: New Culture, New Politics Part II: Aftershock 5: A Land of Death: Darkness over China 6: Tomorrow the Whole World Will Be Red: The Cultural Revolution and the Distortions of May Fourth 7: Ugly Chinamen and Dead Rivers: Reform and the 'New May Fourth' 8: Learning to Let Go: The May Fourth Legacy in the New Millennium ...
