How could late Qing China, a country bound largely by parochial ties of family, clan, and native place, produce a nationwide mass movement? Was this popular outburst symptomatic of a domestic "nationalist awakening," as historians of modern China claim, or a result of pressure from Chinese overseas suffering under harsh U.S. immigration laws, as students of American history contend? In considering these vying explanations for the boycott of American products, Wang identifies a coalition of interests that came together to shape the movement’s strategy, objectives, and outcome. He explores the larger structural and organizational resources available to boycott organizers and participants and the role of this common experience in laying the groundwork for later reform and revolutionary movements.
HARVARD EAST ASIAN MONOGRAPHS
Harvard East Asian Monographs 204
In Search of Justice
The 1905-1906 Chinese Anti-American Boycott
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$39.50 • £29.95 • €35.60
ISBN 9780674006553
Publication: January 2002
6 x 9 inches
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