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The Qing dynasty was China's last, and it created an empire of
unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire
collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked on a
revolutionary course that lasted through most of the twentieth
century. The 1911 Revolution ended two millennia of imperial rule
and established the Republic of China, but dissatisfaction with the
early republic fuelled further revolutionary movements, each
intended to be more thoroughgoing than the last, from the National
Revolution of the 1920s, to the Communist Revolution, and finally
the Cultural Revolution. On the centenary of the 1911 Revolution,
Chinese scholars debated the causes and significance of the
empire's collapse, and this book presents twelve of the most
important contributions. Rather than focusing on Sun Yat-sen's
relatively weak and divided revolutionary movement, as much
previous scholarship has, these studies examine the internal
dynamics of political and socio-economic change in China. The
chapters reveal how reforms in education, army organization, and
constitutional rule created new social forces and political
movements that undermined dynastic legitimacy within China and on
its frontiers. Through detailed analyses, using new archival,
memoir, diary, and newspaper sources, the authors cast new light on
the sudden collapse of an empire that many thought was at last
embarked on a road to reform and national rejuvenation. China: How
the Empire Fell will be of huge interest to students and scholars
of modern Chinese history as well as those of contemporary China.
The Qing dynasty was China's last, and it created an empire of
unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire
collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked on a
revolutionary course that lasted through most of the twentieth
century. The 1911 Revolution ended two millennia of imperial rule
and established the Republic of China, but dissatisfaction with the
early republic fuelled further revolutionary movements, each
intended to be more thoroughgoing than the last, from the National
Revolution of the 1920s, to the Communist Revolution, and finally
the Cultural Revolution. On the centenary of the 1911 Revolution,
Chinese scholars debated the causes and significance of the
empire's collapse, and this book presents twelve of the most
important contributions. Rather than focusing on Sun Yat-sen's
relatively weak and divided revolutionary movement, as much
previous scholarship has, these studies examine the internal
dynamics of political and socio-economic change in China. The
chapters reveal how reforms in education, army organization, and
constitutional rule created new social forces and political
movements that undermined dynastic legitimacy within China and on
its frontiers. Through detailed analyses, using new archival,
memoir, diary, and newspaper sources, the authors cast new light on
the sudden collapse of an empire that many thought was at last
embarked on a road to reform and national rejuvenation. China: How
the Empire Fell will be of huge interest to students and scholars
of modern Chinese history as well as those of contemporary China.
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