Background
Schoppa, R. Keith was born on November 20, 1943 in Vernon, Texas, United States. Son of Robert George and Dorothy (Karcher) Schoppa.
(With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901-1911), aboliti...)
With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901-1911), abolition of the civil service examination (1905), and the end of the monarchy (1912), the first three decades of the twentieth century brought important changes to the elite of Zhejiang Province. This book examines the social backgrounds, public activities, careers, and decision-making of local and provincial elites--that is, nonprofessional men who had taken on public duties when the multiplying problems of government had resulted in a general breakdown of public functions. While elites in early twentieth-century China have often been caricatured as militarists, corrupt bureaucrats, evil landlords, and ineffectual reformers, they have not been clearly understood or closely analyzed. Since the seventeenth century, elites had been assuming increasing responsibility for funding and managing public projects, and by the twentieth century had expanded their activities still further. In the first three decades of the century, they experienced substantial personal and communitarian development; it was the structures and processes developed by these elites that subsequent regimes--Guomindang, Japanese, or Communist--had to build upon and adapt. Schoppa divides the counties of Zhejiang Province into four zones according to level of political and economic development and scrupulously analyzes the complex processes of remolding society at the local and provincial levels. By delving beneath the heroic figures and large movements of Chinese political life in this century, he reveals the common factors that make China a part of the worldwide story of reconstruction, reform, and developmental change.
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( Combining evocative historical description and cogent a...)
Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the 18th century, Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was the stage for morality battles between loyalty and betrayal, chastity and impurity, civic virtue and private greed. After the 18th century, concerns about ecology, public rights, and technology emerged as elements in the struggle, and in the 20th century, the fate of the lake became linked to national political developments and then to technological and ecological realities. Song Full of Tears shows how Chinese views of life, society, and nature both changed and remained constant through the centuries. The paperback will include a new epilogue by the author.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PYOJ1SY/?tag=2022091-20
( Combining evocative historical description and cogent a...)
Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the 18th century, Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was the stage for morality battles between loyalty and betrayal, chastity and impurity, civic virtue and private greed. After the 18th century, concerns about ecology, public rights, and technology emerged as elements in the struggle, and in the 20th century, the fate of the lake became linked to national political developments and then to technological and ecological realities. Song Full of Tears shows how Chinese views of life, society, and nature both changed and remained constant through the centuries. The paperback will include a new epilogue by the author.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813340209/?tag=2022091-20
(Combining evocative historical description and cogent ana...)
Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the eighteenth century Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was the stage for morality battles between loyalty and betrayal, chastity and impurity, civic virtue and private greed. After the eighteenth century, concerns about ecology, public rights, and technology emerged as elements in the struggle, and in the twentieth century, the fate of the lake became linked to national political developments and then to technological and ecological realities. Song Full of Tears shows how Chinese views of life, society, and nature both changed and remained constant through the centuries.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300042531/?tag=2022091-20
Schoppa, R. Keith was born on November 20, 1943 in Vernon, Texas, United States. Son of Robert George and Dorothy (Karcher) Schoppa.
Bachelor, Valparaiso U., 1966; Master of Arts, U. Hawaii, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1975.
Professor, Valparaiso (Indiana) U., since 1968; department chairman history, Valparaiso (Indiana) U., since 1979; professor, director East Asian studies program, Valparaiso (Indiana) U., since 1990. Reviewer, consultant American Council Learned Socs., National Endowment for Humanities, Committee Advanced Study in China, all Washington. Consultant National Geographic Society, Washington, 1990-1991.
(With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901-1911), aboliti...)
( Combining evocative historical description and cogent a...)
( Combining evocative historical description and cogent a...)
(Combining evocative historical description and cogent ana...)
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Member Association Asian Studies, American History Association, Society Ching Studies, Center East Asian Studies University of Chicago.
Married Beth Braaten, July 14, 1968. Children: Kara, Derek, Heather.