China, 1898-1912 : : The Xinzheng Revolution and Japan / / Douglas R. Reynolds.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 160
• VerfasserIn: Reynolds, Douglas Robertson, 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1993.; Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 160.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: The Xinzheng Revolution and Japan; Acknowledgments --; Conventions --; Preface: The Making of an Idea --; Introduction; A Golden Decade? A Xinzheng Revolution?; The Japanese Role and Its Background; Prelude to the Golden Decade; Japan's Double-Pronged Strategy: Military and Non-Military; The Xinzheng Intellectual Revolution: New Carriers, New Concepts; Chinese Students and Their Schools in Japan; Japanese Teachers and Advisers in China; Japanese Educational Initiatives in China --; Beijing Dongwen Xueshe under Nakajima Saishi, 1901-1906 --; Leading Teachers and Advisers during China's "Age of the Japanese Teacher" --; Contract Terms and Teaching Conditions --; The Language Barrier and Japanese-Language Instruction --; Sino-Japanese Cooperation in Education --; The Japanese Teachers at San-Jiang Normal School in Nanjing --; China's New Normal Schools in the "Age of the Japanese Teacher" --; Why Not Westerners?...and the Factor of Christianity --; Not a "Failure" --; Translations and Modern Terminology; Gearing Up to the Task --; Textbooks and Encyclopedias --; Publishing and the Commercial Press (Shangwu Yinshu Guan) --; The Translators: Brokers of Modernity --; Modern Terminology: From Japanese into Chinese --; The Xinzheng Institutional Revolution: New Leaders, New Directions; Chinese Educational Reforms: The Japanese Model; Training "Men of Real Talent" --; The Special Impact of Study Missions --; Tongwen and Ti-yong: The Viability of Conservative Reform --; Abolition of the Examination System --; Chinese Military Modernization and Japan; China's New Police and Prison Systems; Chinese Legal, Judicial, and Constitutional Reforms; Conclusion; Interpreting the Late-Qing Revolution; Japan: The Missing Key; Directions for Future Research; Appendix: The Reform Edict; Notes; References; Glossary-Index
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-277) and index.
• ISBN: 1684173000
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Douglas R. Reynolds.

The author argues that that the political end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 was less important than the late-Qing government's own Xinzheng or "new systems" reforms.