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It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, cultural and political life of twentieth-century China.

The Chinese Enlightenment

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    A Paperback / softback by Vera Schwarcz

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 05/03/1990
      ISBN13: 9780520068377, 978-0520068377
      ISBN10: 0520068378

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, cultural and political life of twentieth-century China.

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