TY - BOOK
T1 - Negotiating religion in modern China : state and common people in Guangzhou, 1900-1937
AU - POON, Shuk Wah
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Negotiating Religion in Modern China traces the history of the Chinese state's relationship with religion from 1900 to 1937. The revolutionary regime condemned religious practice in the early twentieth century, suppressing "superstitious" belief in favor of a secular, more enlightened society. Drawing on newspapers and unpublished official documents, this book focuses on the case of Guangzhou, largely because of the city's sustained involvement in the revolutionary quest for a "new" China. The author pays particular attention to the implementation of policy and citizens' attempts at adaptation and resistance.
AB - Negotiating Religion in Modern China traces the history of the Chinese state's relationship with religion from 1900 to 1937. The revolutionary regime condemned religious practice in the early twentieth century, suppressing "superstitious" belief in favor of a secular, more enlightened society. Drawing on newspapers and unpublished official documents, this book focuses on the case of Guangzhou, largely because of the city's sustained involvement in the revolutionary quest for a "new" China. The author pays particular attention to the implementation of policy and citizens' attempts at adaptation and resistance.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/553
M3 - Book (Author)
SN - 9789629964214
BT - Negotiating religion in modern China : state and common people in Guangzhou, 1900-1937
PB - The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ER -