Transpacific reform and revolution : the Chinese in North America, 1898-1918 / Zhongping Chen.
| Author/creator | Chen, Zhongping author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xxiv, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Asian America Asian America. ^A319433 |
| Contents | Kang Youwei and the rise of overseas Chinese political reforms from North America -- The crest and ebb of Chinese reform politics from North America to the Pacific Rim -- Transpacific interactions between Chinese reformers and revolutionaries -- Sun Yat-sen and the unfinished Chinese republican revolution across the Pacific -- Conclusion : toward a network revolution in the transpacific Chinese diaspora. |
| Abstract | "The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the turbulent end of China's imperial system, violent national revolution, and the fraught establishment of a republican government. During these decades of revolution and reform, millions of far-flung "overseas Chinese" remained connected to Chinese domestic movements. This book uses rich archival sources and a new network approach to examine how political transformations taking place in China impacted and were influenced by Chinese communities on the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. In these North American Chinatowns, individuals participated in Chinese reformist and revolutionary movements in a variety of ways: they raised money, circulated ideas, housed exiled and traveling political dissidents and revolutionaries, and influenced the views of 'host' governments and societies. Focusing on the transpacific Chinese political reforms under Kang Youwei's leadership in 1899-1909 and the revolutionary activities of the "father of Republican China" Sun Yat-sen in the years before and after the 1911 Revolution, Zhongping Chen tells the story of these and other Chinese reformers and revolutionaries as well as their personal ties, political parties, and collective actions in the Pacific Rim. Through its broad examination of the origins, interrelations, and influences of Chinese reform and revolution in North America, Chen's work makes a significant contribution to modern Chinese history, migration studies, and Asian American history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Chen, Zhongping (Professor of history). Transpacific reform and revolution of the Chinese in North America, 1898-1918 Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 9781503636255 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022050314 |
| ISBN | 9781503636248 |
| ISBN | 1503636240 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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