Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Republican China 1. Slapping Song Jiaoren 2. Speaking Parts in Chinese History 3. A Woman's Republic 4. Seeing Like a Citizen 5. Losing a Speech 6. Sun Yat-sen's Last Words Conclusion: Leading and Being Led Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author

David Strand teaches politics and history at Dickinson College and is the author of Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s (UC Press).

Reviews

"This richly eloquent study of China's early 20th-century political culture stands out as a thought-provoking departure from the conventional narratives of Nationalist China." -- G. Zheng Choice "A timely book... It is refreshing to read David Strand's revisionist assessment of Sun Yatsen." -- John Y. Wong The China Journal "[A] masterful study... No student of modern Chinese history and politics can a?ord to ignore what Strand has to say." -- Michael Tsin Journal Of Contemporary Asia