Protest with Chinese Characteristics : Demonstrations, Riots, and Petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty

Hung, Ho-fung

Columbia University Press（2013/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.／サイズ 25 illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780231152037
• DDC分類 303.48409510

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2011. Winner of the President's Book Award of the Social Science History Association.

Full Description

The origin of political modernity has long been tied to the Western history of protest and revolution, the currents of which many believe sparked popular dissent worldwide. Reviewing nearly one thousand instances of protest in China from the eighteenth to the early-nineteenth centuries, Ho-fung Hung charts an evolution of Chinese dissent that stands apart from Western trends. Hung samples from mid-Qing petitions and humble plaints to the emperor. He revisits rallies, riots, market strikes, and other forms of contention rarely considered in previous studies. Drawing on new world history, which accommodates parallels and divergences between political-economic and cultural developments East and West, Hung shows how the centralization of political power and an expanding market, coupled with a persistent Confucianist orthodoxy, shaped protesters' strategies and appeals in Qing China. This unique form of mid-Qing protest combined a quest for justice and autonomy with a filial-loyal respect for the imperial center, and Hung's careful research ties this distinct characteristic to popular protest in China today.
As Hung makes clear, the nature of these protests prove late imperial China was anything but a stagnant and tranquil empire before the West cracked it open. In fact, the origins of modern popular politics in China predate the 1911 Revolution. Hung's work ultimately establishes a framework others can use to compare popular protest among different cultural fabrics. His book fundamentally recasts the evolution of such acts worldwide.

Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Illustrations of Chinese Protest from Qing Times to Present Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Market Expansion, State Centralization, and Neo-Confucianism in Qing China Chapter 2. Documenting the Three Waves of Mid-Qing Protest Chapter 3. Filial-Loyal Demonstrations, 1740-1759 Chapter 4. Riots Into Rebellion, 1776-1795 Chapter 5. Resistance and Petitions, 1820-1839 Chapter 6. Mid-Qing Protests in Comparative Perspective Epilogue. The Past in the Present Notes References Index