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Of Camel Kings and Other Things


Of Camel Kings and Other Things

Rural Rebels Against Modernity in Late Imperial China
State & Society in East Asia

von: Roxann Prazniak

59,99 €

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 14.01.1999
ISBN/EAN: 9781461639633
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 320

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From the perspective of village activists across China, this book tells the stories of farmers and rural laborers who raised the banner of opposition to constitutional reform during the first decade of the twentieth century. The author brings to life the stories of the Camel King of Zunhua county, Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains of Laiyang county, and many others who criticized government modernization efforts, known collectively as the New Policy. Using county archives—-including oral histories—-as well as memoirs, periodical literature, missionary records, and official documents both Chinese and foreign, Of Camel Kings and Other Things constructs, from fragmented sources, a coherent historical view vital to our understanding of China's twentieth-century crises and the dilemmas of modernity itself.
From the perspective of village activists across China, this book tells the stories of farmers and rural laborers who raised the banner of opposition to constitutional reform during the first decade of the twentieth century. Using county archives-including oral histories-as well as memoirs, periodical literature, missionary records, and official documents both Chinese and foreign, Of Camel Kings and Other Things constructs, from fragmented sources, a coherent historical view vital to our understanding of China's twentieth-century crises and the dilemmas of modernity itself.
Chapter 1 Prologue
<br>Chapter 2 Introduction
<br>Chapter 3 Anti-New Policy Rural Activism in Historical Context: Taiping and Boxer Preludes
<br>Chapter 4 Laiyang, Shandong: Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains
<br>Chapter 5 Excerpt from Water Margin
<br>Chapter 6 Zunhua, Zhili: Camel King Wang at the Foot of the Great Wall
<br>Chapter 7 Excerpt from Three Kingdoms
<br>Chapter 8 Weiyuan, Sichuan: Heaven-Protected Liu Xiangting Among the Red Lanterns
<br>Chapter 9 Excerpt from Journey to the West
<br>Chapter 10 Lianzhou, Guangdong: The Greenwood, Tongmenghui Alliance
<br>Chapter 11 Chuansha, Jiangsu: Ding Fei and Her Vegetarian Sisterhood in Resistance to Reform
<br>Chapter 12 Conclusion
<br>Chapter 13 Epilogue
<br>Chapter 14 Glossary
Roxann Prazniak is assistant professor of history at the Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, and the author of Dialogues Across Civilizations: Sketches in World History from the Chinese and European Experiences.

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