1919--the year that changed China : a new history of the New Culture Movement /

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 wo...

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Main Author:	Forster, Elisabeth, 1985- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, Oldenbourg, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Transformations of modern China, volume 2
Subjects:	China > Civilization > 20th century. China > Civilization > Western influences. Intellectuals > China > History > 20th century. Chine > Civilisation > 20e siècle. Chine > Civilisation > Influence occidentale. Intellectuels > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle. HISTORY > Asia > China. Civilization Civilization > Western influences Intellectuals China 1900-1999 Electronic books. History
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9783110558296 3110558297 9783110560718 3110560712 3110558130 9783110558135
ISSN:	2511-6029 ;