The Fight for the Republic in China (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Lever, Charles James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451008872 ISBN 13 : 9781451008876

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

From revolution to ruling power, navigate the early Republic of China through politics, war factions, and diplomacy.

This nonfiction study delves into the volatile years after the 1911 revolution, tracing how military factions, political maneuvering, and foreign influence shaped China’s path to a new form of government. Drawing on official documents and contemporary accounts, it illuminates the struggles to establish a republic, the rise of Yuan Shih-kai, and the clashes between reform and monarchist impulses.

• Discover the key players who shaped the early republic and the power dynamics that followed the 1911 revolution.
• Explore how diplomacy, treaties, and external pressure affected China’s domestic politics.
• Learn how regional movements, from Inner and Outer Tibet to Outer Mongolia, influenced national policy.
• Follow the ebb and flow of governance, constitutional debates, and the conflicts that tested the republic’s foundations.

Ideal for readers of early 20th-century Asian politics, diplomacy, and military history, this edition offers a clear, documentary-style account of a nation wrestling with identity, power, and international pressures.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume tells everything that the student or the casual reader needs to know about the Chinese Question. It is sufficiently exhaustive to show very clearly the new forces at work, and to bring some realisation of the great gulf which separates the thinking classes of to-day from the men of a few years ago ;whilst, at the same time, it-is sufficiently condensed not to overwhelm the reader with too great a multitude of facts. Particular attention may be devoted to an unique feature namely, the Chinese and Japanese documentation which affords a sharp contrast between varying types of Eastern brains. Thus, in theM emorandum of theB lack Dragon Society (C hapter VI1) we have a very clear and illuminating revelation of the Japanese political mind which has been trained to consider problems in the modern Western way, but which remains saturated with theocratic ideals in the sharpest conflict with the Twentieth Century. In the pamphlet of Yang Tu (C hapter VIII) which launched the ill-fated Monarchy Scheme and contributed so largely to the dramatic death of Yuan Shih-kai, we have an essentially Chinese mentality of the reactionary or corrupt type which expresses itself both on home and foreign issues in a naively dishonest way, helpful to future diplomacy. In theL etter of Protest (C hapter X) against the revival of Imperialism written by Liang Ch i-chao the most brilliant scholar living we have aC hinese of theN ew or Liberal China, who in spite of a complete ignorance of foreign languages shows a marvellous grasp of political absolutes, and is a harbinger of the great days which must come again to Cathay. In other chapters dealing with the monarchist plot we see the official mind at work, the telegraphic despatches exchanged between Peking and the provinces being of the highest diplomatic interest.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451008872
• ISBN 13: 9781451008876
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 574
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