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Chiang Kai-shek's politics of shame : leadership, legacy, and national identity in China

Title
Chiang Kai-shek's politics of shame : leadership, legacy, and national identity in China / Grace C. Huang.
Author
Huang, Grace C.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xiv, 245 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Reconsiders Chiang's leadership and legacy by drawing on an extraordinary and uncensored collection of his diaries, telegrams, and speeches stitched together by his secretaries. Huang paints a new intriguing portrait of this 20th century leader who advanced a Confucian politics of shame to confront Japanese incursion into China and urge unity among his people. In also comparing Chiang's response to imperialism to those of Mao, Yuan Shikai, and Mahatma Gandhi, Huang widens the implications of her findings to explore alternatives to Western expressions of nationalism and modernity"--
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 442
Uniform Title
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 442.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 21-8005
ISBN
  • 9780674260139
  • 0674260139
  • 9780674260146
  • 0674260147
LCCN
  • 2021009313
  • 40030665976
OCLC
1240773928
Author
Huang, Grace C., author.
Title
Chiang Kai-shek's politics of shame : leadership, legacy, and national identity in China / Grace C. Huang.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 442
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 442.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1912
Other Form:
Online version: Huang, Grace C, Chiang Kai-shek's politics of shame Cambridge, Massachusetts: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2021. 9781684176328 (DLC) 2021009314
Other Standard Identifier
40030665976
Research Call Number
JFE 21-8005
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