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9%OFFXiaowei Zheng - The Politics of Rights and the 1911 Revolution in China - 9781503601086 - V9781503601086
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The Politics of Rights and the 1911 Revolution in China

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Description for The Politics of Rights and the 1911 Revolution in China Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
China's 1911 Revolution was a momentous political transformation. Its leaders, however, were not rebellious troublemakers on the periphery of imperial order. On the contrary, they were a powerful political and economic elite deeply entrenched in local society and well-respected both for their imperially sanctioned cultural credentials and for their mastery of new ideas. The revolution they spearheaded produced a new, democratic political culture that enshrined national sovereignty, constitutionalism, and the rights of the people as indisputable principles. Based upon previously untapped Qing and Republican sources, The Politics of Rights and the 1911 Revolution in China ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9781503601086
SKU
V9781503601086
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About Xiaowei Zheng
Xiaowei Zheng is Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews for The Politics of Rights and the 1911 Revolution in China
While encompassing institutional and social history of the Republican Revolution in China, Zheng successfully breaks new ground by conceptualizing the era's political activism-its struggles and passions-around rights, law, and most of all, constitutionalism. This is the story of the birth of modern politics in China, whose historical messages remain valuable to the present day.
Prasenjit Duara
Duke ... Read more

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