Defining Modernity: Guomindang Rhetorics of a New China, 1920-1970Over the course of the twentieth century, the Guomindang (the KMT or Nationalists) articulated and marketed symbols, traits, and institutions crucial to a modernizing China. Understood as constituents of modernity, tangible elements (paper money, flags, national anthems), specific institutions (educational, governmental, and scientific facilities), and intangible qualities (nationalism, social trust, social discipline) all drew the attention and advocacy of Party members. This volume offers a reappraisal of Guomindang history based on a close analysis of cultural, ideational, and symbolic practices rather than the more common social, political, and economic frames. Chapters on education policies and practices, Party relations with Chinese Christian and missionary communities, the use of paper currency, political propaganda, and the construction of scientific institutions all provide fresh points of comparison with Chinese Communist ideas, practices, and dilemmas. The essays here highlight the complexities and range of creative possibilities confronting a nation-state bent upon the "modernizing" mission. Terry Bodenhorn is Assistant Professor of History, University of Illinois, Springfield. |
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In her chapter , Beth Notar examines how economic and political institutions in the Republican period used currency as propaganda . The issuing parties , whether banks , the GMD government , or the Communists in base areas , competed ...
In her chapter , Beth Notar examines how economic and political institutions in the Republican period used currency as propaganda . The issuing parties , whether banks , the GMD government , or the Communists in base areas , competed ...
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Chen began his text with a chapter entitled “ The Vitalist Conception of the Universe , ” in which he expounded upon “ vitalist ” cosmological and ontological beliefs . The ideas expressed in this first chapter were inspired by Henri ...
Chen began his text with a chapter entitled “ The Vitalist Conception of the Universe , ” in which he expounded upon “ vitalist ” cosmological and ontological beliefs . The ideas expressed in this first chapter were inspired by Henri ...
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This view contradicted an argument Chen had presented in the opening chapter to the effect that the universe held no absolutes other than ceaseless change . Chen attempted to get out of the logical conundrum he had created for himself ...
This view contradicted an argument Chen had presented in the opening chapter to the effect that the universe held no absolutes other than ceaseless change . Chen attempted to get out of the logical conundrum he had created for himself ...
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Guomindang Use of Agitation | 11 |
Conceptions of Society | 45 |
A Guomindang Vision of Modernity | 91 |
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