China Reconstructs

by Cindy Yik-yi Chu (Editor), Ricardo K.S. Mak (Editor), Ko-wu Huang (Contribution by), Philip Yuen-sang Leung (Contribution by), Wang Ke-wen (Contribution by)

Overview

China Reconstructs includes ten articles that investigate the reconstruction of modern China and provide different dimensions to the vibrant and multifaceted history of the country. The book discusses how prominent individuals, political parties, and ordinary people alike looked for ways to "reconstruct China" in a period of great political upheavals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761826002
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	06/05/2003
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is Assistant Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University.
Ricardo K.S. Mak is Associate Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 The Response of the Elite: Dao, Science and Yan Fu; The Reception of Yan Fu in Twentieth-Century China; Legitimation of Sun Yat-senism; Wang Jingwei and the 1911 Revolution Chapter 6 Strategies of the Political Parties: Guomindang's Refugee Relief Efforts, 1937-1945; Rethinking Guomindang National Minority Policy and the Case of Inner Mongolia; Revolutionaries in Henan Chapter 7 The Efforts of Society in Reconstructing History: The Study of Treaty Ports in China since 1949; Chinese Bankers in the Crossfire, 1937-1945; Maryknoll Sisters in Twentieth-Century Hong Kong Chapter 8 About the Contributors Chapter 9 Index