Nation, Governance, and Modernity in China - 9780804748209

Nation, Governance, and Modernity in ChinaCanton, 1900-1927\nAuthor(s): Michael T. W. Tsin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804748209, 978-0804748209\nSynopsis\nThis is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century. In retracing various fragments of the city's history in this period, the book argues that modernist politics as practiced by the Nationalists and Communists represented a specific political rationality embedded in the context of a novel conception of the social realm.\n\n Modern governments invariably base their claim to legitimacy on the support of \""society\"" or \""the people.\"" The mobilization of hitherto disenfranchised constituents into the political process is thus a central component of the nation-state. Modern governments also produce schemes for categorizing and organi.