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    Sport, Nationalism and the Building of the Modern Chinese Nation State (1912–49)


    Lu, Zhouxiang (2011) Sport, Nationalism and the Building of the Modern Chinese Nation State (1912–49). International Journal of the History of Sport, 28 (7). pp. 1030-1054. ISSN 0952-3367

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    Abstract

    This article will examine the relationship between sport, Chinese nationalism and the building of the Republic. It will highlight the role of sport in constructing the modern Chinese nation state in a historical and political context. The Republic of China Era (1912–49) saw the transformation of the modern Chinese nation state from its infancy to maturity. Sport played an important part in this process of change, supporting and facilitating the rise of a Republic from the ashes of the Qing Empire. During this period, sport contributed to the shaping of national conscious among the Chinese people and greatly consolidated the unity of the newly established nation state. It became an essential part of Chinese nationalists, politicians and educationalists’strategy to achieve national salvation and revival.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: sport; physical education; nationalism,; nation state; China;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures > Chinese
    Item ID: 4731
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2011.563635
    Depositing User: Zhouxiang Lu
    Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2014 10:27
    Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of the History of Sport
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
    Refereed: Yes
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      Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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