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1919 - The Year That Changed China - (Transformations of Modern China) by Elisabeth Forster (Paperback)

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  • The year 1919 changed Chinese culture radically, but in a way that completely took contemporaries by surprise.
  • About the Author: Elisabeth Forster, Universität Freiburg.
  • 258 Pages
  • History, Asia
  • Series Name: Transformations of Modern China

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About the Book



Interpreting the New Culture Movement in light of a new understanding of Republican Chinese society reached in the past two decades, this book includes empirical studies of famous intellectuals like Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu, of metropolitan and provinc



Book Synopsis



The year 1919 changed Chinese culture radically, but in a way that completely took contemporaries by surprise. At the beginning of the year, even well-informed intellectuals did not anticipate that, for instance, baihua (aprecursor of the modern Chinese language), communism, Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu would become important and famous - all of which was very obvious to them at the end of the year.

Elisabeth Forster traces the precise mechanisms behind this transformation on the basis of a rich variety of sources, including newspapers, personal letters, student essays, advertisements, textbooks and diaries. She proposes a new model for cultural change, which puts intellectual marketing at its core. This book retells the story of the New Culture Movement in light of the diversifi ed and decentered picture of Republican China developed in recent scholarship. It is a lively and ironic narrative about cultural change through academic infi ghting, rumors and conspiracy theories, newspaper stories and intellectuals (hell-)bent on selling agendas through powerful buzzwords.



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"Just in the past year, for instance, protesters at National Taiwan University invoked the "New Culture Movement" and the legacies of Hu Shi and Fu Sinian. Forster's excellent book helps the reader to understand why these figures and slogans continue to mobilize political and intellectual support. It will be of interest to historians and literary critics of modern Chinese history, and it deserves to be widely read and discussed."
Albert Wu, Rezension in: H-Soz-Kult, 04.10.2018, www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-29124




About the Author



Elisabeth Forster, Universität Freiburg.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .59 Inches (D)
Weight: .89 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 258
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Asia
Series Title: Transformations of Modern China
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Theme: China
Format: Paperback
Author: Elisabeth Forster
Language: English
Street Date: December 2, 2019
TCIN: 1006381498
UPC: 9783110682731
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-6333
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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