Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction Intellectual and Linguistic Genesis of the Chinese Nation

Chapter One The Lure of Utopia: Liang Qichao and Xinmin Congbao

Chapter Two The Discourse of Xinmin: Mindset Remodelling

Chapter Three The Press Debate between Xinmin Congbao and Minbao, 1905-1907

Chapter Four The Discourse of Guomin: Rule of the People vs. Rule of the State

Chapter Five Translating ‘Nation’: The Remaking of the Chinese Society

Chapter Six Rupture in Modernity and the Struggle for National Identities

Appendix 1 List of key articles in the late Qing press debate corpus

Appendix 2 Top 20 concept nouns in the late Qing press debate

Appendix 3 Top 50 concept nouns in the full-text of Xinmin Congbao and Minbao

Appendix 4 Occurrence frequency of the term ‘state ?家’, 1830-1930

Appendix 5 Occurrence frequency of the term ‘nation 民族’, 1830-1930

Appendix 6 Occurrence frequency of the term ‘revolution 革命’, 1830-1930

Appendix 7 Occurrence frequency of the term ‘democracy 民主’, 1830-1930

Appendix 8 Occurrence frequency of the term ‘people’s rights 民?’, 1830-1930

Appendix 9 The top 30 collocation word chains for guomin in the debate corpus

Index