Idea of the Citizen: Chinese Intellectuals and the People, 1890-1920

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Citizenship in China and the West Peter Zarrow -- 1. Civic Associations, Political Parties, and the Cultivation of Citizenship Consciousness in Modem China -- 2. Nationalism, Citizenship, and the Old Text/New Text Controversy in Late Nineteenth Century China -- 3. The People, People's Rights, and Rebellion: The Development of Tan Sitong's Political Thought -- 4. Dynasty, State, and Society: The Case of Modern China -- 5. From Civil Society to Party Government: Models of the Citizen's Role in the Late Qing -- 6. Publicists and Populists: Including the Common People in the Late Qing New Citizen Ideal -- 7. Local Self-Government: Citizenship Consciousness and the Political Participation of the New Gentry-Merchants in the Late Qing -- 8. Imagining "Society" in Early Twentieth-Century China -- 9. Liang Qichao and the Notion of Civil Society in Republican China -- 10. Evolving Prescriptions for Social Life in the Late Qing and Early Republic: From Qunxue to Society -- Afterword: The People, a Citizenry, Modem China -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Index.