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City of virtues : Nanjing in an age of utopian visions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wooldridge, Chuck
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Series:China Program book.
Subjects:
Nanjing Shi (China) > History > 19th century.
Nanjing Shi (China) > History > 18th century.
Utopian socialism > China > History.
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: an age of utopian visions
  • The Qianlong emperor's tours of the Imperial City, 1751-84
  • Literati politics in the early nineteenth century
  • Wang Shiduo's flight from the New Jerusalem, 1853-64
  • Zeng Guofan's construction of a ritual center, 1864-72
  • Chen Zuolin reassembles the poetic city, 1872-1912
  • Conclusion: elements of utopia.