A bitter revolution : China's struggle with the modern world
Rana Mitter (Author)
"The defining moment in the development of a modern China is shown to be 4 May 1919 at the Tian'anmen gate in Beijing, where a new generation rejected Confucianism and traditional Chinese culture, and protested violently against the Paris Peace Conference. Chinese cities at that time still bore the imprints of their ancient past, with narrow lanes and sacred temples, but they were starting to change with the influx of foreign traders, teachers, and missionaries, all eager to shape China's ancient past into a modern present. People's lives changed, from the politicians and novelists adapting to the realities of a globalized world, to the men and women who worked, loved, and laughed in the parks and cafes of the new China."--Jacket
History
xix, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780192803412, 9780192806055, 0192803417, 019280605X
54206069
Flashpoint 4 May 1919 : the making of a new China
A tale of two cities : Beijing, Shanghai, and the May fourth generation
Experiments in happiness : life and love in new culture China
Goodbye Confucius : new culture, new politics
A land of death : darkness over China
Tomorrow the whole world will be red : the cultural revolution and the distortions of May fourth
Ugly Chinamen and dead rivers : reform and the 'new May fourth'
Learning to let go : the May fourth legacy in the new millennium
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