Nation, Governance, and Modernity in China
Author | : Michael T. W. Tsin |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2002-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 0804748209 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780804748209 |
Rating | : 4/5 (209 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Nation, Governance, and Modernity in China by : Michael T. W. Tsin
Download or read book Nation, Governance, and Modernity in China written by Michael T. W. Tsin and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work studies the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution. It argues that modernist politics as practiced by the Nationalists and Communists represented a specific political rationality embedded in the context of a novel conception of the social realm.