This book examines China’s cultural system from 1911 to 1949 by exploring its formation, evolution and the underlying causes of the remarkable changes in modern Chinese culture.
This book examines China’s cultural system from 1911 to 1949 by exploring its formation, evolution and the underlying causes of the remarkable changes in modern Chinese culture.
During the first half of the 20th century, China experienced a fundamental shift from a traditional society to a modern state. The book provides an insightful analysis of the relationship between cultural leadership, ideological models and state-building. It maps the modern Chinese cultural landscape, identifying key contradictions within the period's cultural system and explaining how these contradictions shaped historical change's direction, goals and paths. The work details the organizational evolution of cultural management institutions in modern China, tracing their development from their origins to more advanced structures.
This title will appeal to scholars and students interested in modern Chinese history and culture.
1. Introduction. The National Cultural System: Concepts and Analytical
Framework
2. Government Exploration of the Cultural System in the Early
Republican Era (19111927)
3. Civil War and Ideologization of Cultural System
(19271937)
4. Cooperation between the KMT and the CPC (19371945) and
Evolution of Cultural System
5. Civil War and Its Cultural System (19461949)
6. The Nationalization of the Cultural Industry and Institutional Accidents
around 1949
7. Historical Origins and Construction Framework of the National
Cultural System
Fu Caiwu is Dean and Professor of the National Institute of Cultural Development at Wuhan University, China. His research focuses on cultural systems, cultural policies, and cultural industries.
