Reshaping China : The Concept of the Chinese Nation in Modern Times /

This book is the first and only English-language edition of Huang Xingtao's Reshaping China , translated by Lane J. Harris and Mei Chun. In this landmark text, Huang Xingtao uses a cultural approach to the history of ideas. He traces the complex contours in the discursive debates around the con...

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Main Author: Xingtao, Huang (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Ideas, History, and Modern China ; 32.

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505 0 |t Preface -- 1 The Gestation of the 'Chinese Nation' in the Qing Dynasty -- 1 Continuity and Change: the 'Chinese Identity' of Manchus in the Qing -- 2 New Intellectuals Resources: the Formation of the Modern Concept of the 'Nation' in China -- 3 The Creation of the Concept of the 'Greater Nation' -- 4 Seeking the 'Great Harmony': the Constitutional Movement and the Equality of Nations-Concepts of the Nation among Manchu Officials and Bannermen in Japan -- 2 Spreading the Concept of the Modern Chinese Nation -- 1 The Founding of the Republic and the Arrival of the Concept of the Modern Chinese Nation -- 2 The Gradual Dissemination of the Concept of the Modern 'Chinese Nation' after the May Fourth Movement -- 3 Strengthening and Deepening the 'Chinese Nation' as a Symbol of Identity -- 1 The Nanjing National Government and the Strengthening of the 'Chinese Nation' as a Symbol of Identity -- 2 The Japanese Invasion and the Deepening of the Identity of the 'Chinese Nation': Discourses on 'The Revival of the Chinese Nation' -- 3 'National Heroes,' 'Hanjian,' and Writing the 'Chinese Nation' into History Textbooks -- 4 The Popularity of the Modern 'Chinese Nation' during the Total War with Japan -- 1 The Dissemination of the Modern 'Chinese Nation' and Expressions of Its Identity in Multiple Media -- 2 Pleas and Debates about the Idea of a Monoethnic 'Chinese Nation' -- 3 Putting the 'Chinese Guozu' into the Constitution and Rui Yifu's Interpretation of It -- 4 The Communist Party on the 'Chinese Nation' and Its Interactions with Other Parties -- 5 Conclusion: Rethinking the Characteristics and Identity of the Modern 'Chinese Nation' -- 1 Historicity and the Composite Nature of the 'Nation': Idiosyncrasies in the Identity of the Modern 'Chinese Nation' -- 2 'Single' or 'Plural'? 'Constructed' or 'Evolutionary'? -- 3 Final Thoughts -- Appendix: List of Names -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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