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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: The 1911 Revolution: Its social dynamic in the emergence of the younger 1880s generation and the 1900 generation Abstract: The purpose of this dissertation is to continue the debate on the nature of 1911 Revolution. Was it simply a dynastic revolution? Or was it a revolution that cut deep into the late nineteenth-early twentieth century Chinese society, ushering it into the modern period of the Chinese history? My approach is to explore the era by tracing the development of two decisive generations of new young elite---the younger 1880s generation and the 1900 generation. My discovery was that they, starting from the 1898 Wuxu Reform, these two generations had been in steady contact with foreign culture through career and education advancement. Culturally, these generations created an unprecedented youth culture which I designate as Xinhai youth culture by which they distinguished themselves from the older generations. In terms of national movement, they, benefited by their older generations' legacy, waged Constitutional Movement and Revolutionary Movement. The careers of the younger 1880s generation and the 1900 generation intertwined with the two movements and through the process the members of these generations obtained new social identities as journalist, publisher, educationalist, scientist, new military men and new style politician. The consequence was a beginning of a deep cut structural change in the Chinese society from the monolithic domination of the official gentry into a pluralistic society. Therefore, I conclude the 1911 revolution in China is crucial to our understanding of the modern era of China. |
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