Joseph Esherick
Biographic Data
| ID | 505285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Esherick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Esherick |
| SIGNATURE | ESHERICK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China
Yan’an is China’s “revolutionary holy land,” the heart of Mao Zedong’s Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick’s book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in Northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerril…
Chapter 1. Modernity and Nation in the Chinese City
Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900-1950
In China today skyscrapers tower over ancient temples, freeways deliver lines of cars and tour buses to imperial palaces, cinema houses compete with old theaters featuring Peking Opera. The disparity evidenced in the contemporary Chinese cityscape can be traced to the early decades of the twentieth century, when government elites sought to transform cities into a new world that would be at once modern and distinctly Chinese. Remaking the Chinese …
China: How the Empire Fell
Introduction, Joseph W. Esherick Part I: The Challenges of Reform 1. The Reform Predicament, Dai Angang 2. Late Qing Governors and Provincial Assemblies, Li Zhenwu 3. Conflict and Competition: A New Perspective on Late Qing Politics, Zhou Jiming and Wang Xi Part II: The Sichuan Railway Crisis: Prelude to Revolution 4. Zaifeng and Qing Railway Policy, Li Xuefeng Part III: Hubei Reforms and the Wuchang Uprising 5. The Policies in Hubei, Feng Tianyu…
Chinese Archives: An Introductory Guide
Reform and Revolution in China: The 1911 Revolution in Hunan and Hubei
Imperialism in China: An Exchange
Harvard on China: The apologetics of imperialism
The classic works on modern China—by Harold Isaacs, Edgar Snow, Jack Beiden, even Mao Tse-tung himself—have all led us to believe that the revolutionary ferment which surged through China in the twentieth century was the result of rural impoverishment, economic stagnation and governmental weakness and decay. All of them stressed the crucial role of Western and Japanese imperialism which had reduced China to such a sorry state in the first half of…
Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900-1950
In China today skyscrapers tower over ancient temples, freeways deliver lines of cars and tour buses to imperial palaces, cinema houses compete with old theaters featuring Peking Opera. The disparity evidenced in the contemporary Chinese cityscape can be traced to the early decades of the twentieth century, when government elites sought to transform cities into a new world that would be at once modern and distinctly Chinese. Remaking the Chinese …
Harvard on China: The apologetics of imperialism
The classic works on modern China—by Harold Isaacs, Edgar Snow, Jack Beiden, even Mao Tse-tung himself—have all led us to believe that the revolutionary ferment which surged through China in the twentieth century was the result of rural impoverishment, economic stagnation and governmental weakness and decay. All of them stressed the crucial role of Western and Japanese imperialism which had reduced China to such a sorry state in the first half of…
Harvard on China: The apologetics of imperialism
The classic works on modern China—by Harold Isaacs, Edgar Snow, Jack Beiden, even Mao Tse-tung himself—have all led us to believe that the revolutionary ferment which surged through China in the twentieth century was the result of rural impoverishment, economic stagnation and governmental weakness and decay. All of them stressed the crucial role of Western and Japanese imperialism which had reduced China to such a sorry state in the first half of…
Imperialism in China: An Exchange
Reform and Revolution in China: The 1911 Revolution in Hunan and Hubei
Chinese Archives: An Introductory Guide
China: How the Empire Fell
Introduction, Joseph W. Esherick Part I: The Challenges of Reform 1. The Reform Predicament, Dai Angang 2. Late Qing Governors and Provincial Assemblies, Li Zhenwu 3. Conflict and Competition: A New Perspective on Late Qing Politics, Zhou Jiming and Wang Xi Part II: The Sichuan Railway Crisis: Prelude to Revolution 4. Zaifeng and Qing Railway Policy, Li Xuefeng Part III: Hubei Reforms and the Wuchang Uprising 5. The Policies in Hubei, Feng Tianyu…
Chapter 1. Modernity and Nation in the Chinese City
Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900-1950
In China today skyscrapers tower over ancient temples, freeways deliver lines of cars and tour buses to imperial palaces, cinema houses compete with old theaters featuring Peking Opera. The disparity evidenced in the contemporary Chinese cityscape can be traced to the early decades of the twentieth century, when government elites sought to transform cities into a new world that would be at once modern and distinctly Chinese. Remaking the Chinese …
Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China
Yan’an is China’s “revolutionary holy land,” the heart of Mao Zedong’s Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick’s book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in Northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerril…
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