1919--the year that changed China a new history of the New Culture Movement Forster, Elisabeth 1985- creator author. Walter de Gruyter & Co text bibliography Electronic books. History gw 2018 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource 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. Early 1919: Reforms to save the nation -- May 4, 1919: Rumors and conspiracy theories -- Late 1919: Marketing with the New Culture Movement -- The 1920s and 1930s: The limits of the new culture movement -- 1919 to 2016: Canonizing a buzzword. Elisabeth Forster. Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. a-cc--- 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 fast DS775.2 .F67 2018 951.04/1 NQ 5760 Transformations of modern China, volume 2 1919--the year that changed China Forster, Elisabeth, 1985- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, Oldenbourg, [2018] First edition. (DLC) 2018006948 9783110558296 3110558297 9783110560718 3110560712 3110558130 9783110558135 9783110558135 2018023459 5157625 Proquest Ebook Central https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9783110560718 DLC 180514 20240212223408.9 in00004773824 eng