TY - GEN T1 - After empire : the conceptual transformation of the Chinese state, 1885-1924 A1 - Zarrow, Peter Gue LA - English PP - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford University Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn769344418 AB - From 1885-1924, China underwent a period of acute political struggle and cultural change, brought on by a radical change in thought: after over 2,000 years of monarchical rule, the Chinese people stopped believing in the emperor. These forty years saw the collapse of Confucian political orthodoxy and the struggle among competing definitions of modern citizenship and the state. What made it possible to suddenly imagine a world without the emperor? OP - 395 CN - DS761 .Z36 2012eb SN - 9780804781879 SN - 0804781877 SN - 9780804778688 SN - 080477868X SN - 9780804778695 SN - 0804778698 KW - Monarchy : China : History : 20th century. KW - China : History : 1861-1912. KW - China : History : 1912-1928. KW - China : Politics and government : 19th century. KW - China : Politics and government : 20th century. KW - Chine : Histoire : 1861-1912. KW - Chine : Histoire : 1912-1928. KW - Chine : Politique et gouvernement : 19e siècle. KW - Chine : Politique et gouvernement : 20e siècle. KW - HISTORY : Asia : China. KW - Monarchy KW - Politics and government KW - China KW - 1800-1999 KW - History ER -