Prologue to the Chinese revolution : : the transformation of ideas and institutions in Hunan Province, 1891-1907 / / by Charlton M. Lewis.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 70
• Author: Lewis, Charlton M., 1930-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1976.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1976.
• Year of Publication: 1976
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 70.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Hunan: The Region and the Tradition -- Literati Antiforeignism: Hunan and the Riots of 1891 -- Reform and Schism: The Doctrinal Controversy of 1898 -- The Popular Tradition: Origins and Organization of the Ko-Lao Hui -- Literati in Opposition: The Conspiracy of the Independence Society, 1898-1900 -- Foreign Imperialism and the Opening of Hunan, 1898-1907 -- The Response of the Hunanese Elite -- The Onset of Revolution, 1901-1904: The Society for China's Revival -- The Weakness of a Class Movement, 1905-1907: The P'ing-Liu-Li Uprising -- Hunan and the Revolution -- Manifesto of the Uprising of the Chinese National Army -- Manifesto of the Restoration Army Promulgated to All Under Heaven of the Uprising of the New Chinese Empire in the South -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.