Title: An unfinished republic : leading by word and deed in modern China /
Authors: Strand, David
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Sun, Yat-sen,; Tang, Qunying,; Lu, Zhenxiang,; Political activists China Biography.; Political oratory China History; Political leadership China History; Elite (Social sciences) China History; Political culture China History; China History Biography.; China Politics and government
Abstract: In this reading of China's twentieth-century political culture, the author argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political life--one that began to free men and women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of China's social and cultural order.
Contents: Introduction: Republican China -- Slapping Song Jiaoren -- Speaking parts in Chinese history -- A woman's Republic -- Seeing like a citizen -- Losing a speech -- Sun Yat-sen's last words -- Conclusion: Leading and being led.