Chinese Discourses on the Peasant, 1900-1949

Product Description Xiaorong Han explores how Chinese intellectuals envisioned the peasantry and its role in changing society during the first half of the twentieth century. Politically motivated intellectuals, both Communist and non-Communist, believed that rural peasants and their villages would be at the heart of change during this long period of national crisis. Nevertheless, intellectuals saw themselves as the true shapers of change who would transform and use the peasantry. Han uses intellectuals' writings to provide a comprehensive look at their views of the peasantry. He shows how intellectuals with varying politics created images of the peasant--a supposed contemporary image and an ideal image of the peasant transformed for political ends, how intellectuals theorized on the nature of Chinese rural life, and how intellectuals conceived their own relationships with peasants. About the Author Xiaorong Han is Assistant Professor of History at Butler University.Author: Han, Xiaorong,author Contributors: Han, Xiaorong,author Binding: paperback Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Published/Release Date: 1 Jan 2006 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: State University of New York Press Author/Director/Artist: Xiaorong Han Dimension (cm): 222x152x19 mm Package Dimension (cm): 18x229x152 mm Item Weight (g): 363 Package Weight (g): 340