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The politics of rights and the 1911 Revolution in China

By Zheng , Xiaowei

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781503601093, 1503601099
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
13 MB (13740418 bytes)
Pages
358\0
Time added
2018-07-27 00:55:27
1911-1912;Sichuan Sheng (China) -- Politics and goChina -- History -- Revolution

Description

Introduction : the political transformation of 1911 -- Sichuan and the old regime -- Constitutional reformers and their ideas : equality (pingdeng), people's rights (minquan), and popular sovereignty (minzhu) -- The project : the Chuan-Han Railway Company and the new policies reform -- Can two sides walk together without agreeing to meet? : constitutionalists and officials in the late Qing constitutional reform -- The rhetoric of revolution : national sovereignty (guoquan), constitutionalism (lixian), and the rights of the people (minquan) -- The practice of revolution : mobilization, expansion, and radicalization -- The expansion and division of revolution : democracy in paradox -- The end of revolution : the rise of republicanism and the failure of constitutionalism -- Conclusion : the legacies of the 1911 Revolution.

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