This vivid narrative history of Chinese intellectuals and public life provides a guide to making
sense of China today. Timothy Cheek presents a map and a method for understanding the …

In this major study, Peter Zarrow examines how textbooks published for the Chinese school
system played a major role in shaping new social, cultural, and political trends, the ways in …

In 1894–1895, after suffering defeat against Japan in a war primarily fought over the control
of Korea, the Qing government initiated fundamental military reforms and established “New …

This article reviews the recent scholarship on citizenship in early twentieth‐century China
and presents a conceptual framework for analyzing citizenship, there and elsewhere, as a …

How to construct a national collective identity in a diversified population becomes a
challenge for many nation states. Focusing on the tension between diversity, citizenship and …

Examining the improvised relationships among lifelong learning, formal education, and
creativity, this volume provides detailed case studies of the creative work of people from a …

Covering half a century, from 1895 to 1945, The Allure of the Nation examines three
interlocking aspects of Chinese nationalist modernity:(1) the quest to balance global …

This paper examines how missionary educational institutions and Young Men's Christian
Association physical education and sport programmes, in conjunction with the nation …

This essay examines an influential debate that took place during China's May Fourth era
(circa 1915–1927) concerning the character of “Eastern” and “Western” civilizations. In this …

Print, Profit, and Perception examines the dynamic cross-cultural exchanges occurring in
China and Taiwan from the first Sino-Japanese War to the mid-twentieth century. Drawing …