Region and Nation - The Kwangsi Clique in Chinese Politics 1925-1937

Klappentext A study of the tensions between region and nation in Republican China. Zusammenfassung A study of the tensions between region and nation in Republican China. Diana Lary gives a detailed examination of Kwangsi province in south-west China! the home base of a major warlord clique which was important both for its interesting internal politics and for its national influence in the late 1920s and the 1930s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Descent into regionalism: Kwangsi Province-the historical background; 2. The country boys; 3. Towards the revolution; 4. Soldiers of the revolution; 5. Revolutionary regionalism: Kwangsi, 1926-1929; 6. 'Kwangsi Empire': the Kwangsi Clique after the Northern Expedition; 7. The first defeat; 8. Back to the province; 9. Reconstruction; 10. The second defeat.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Lary
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521104883
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10488-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education