The May Fourth Movement: Intellectual Revolution In Modern China

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PREFACE CONTENTS I. Introduction PART ONE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVEMENT II. Forces that Precipitated the Movement, 1915-1918 III. The Initial Phase of the Movement: Early Literary and Intellectual Activities, 1917-1919 IV. The May Fourth Incident V. Developments Following the Incident: Student Demonstrations and Strikes VI. Further Developments: Support from Merchants, Industrialists, and Workers VII. Expansion of the New Culture Movement, 1919-1920 VIII. Foreign Attitudes Toward the Movement IX. The Ideological and Political Split, 1919-1921 X. Sociopolitical Consequences, 1920-1922 PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF MAIN INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS XI. The Literary Revolution XII. The New Thought and Re-evaluation of the Tradition XIII. The New Thought and Later Controversies XIV. Conclusion: Various Interpretations and Evaluations Chronology of Relevant Events, 1914-1923 Appendixes Notes Index