CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. I. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVEMENT
6. II. Forces that Precipitated the Movement, 1915-1918 19
7. III. The Initial Phase of the Movement: Early Literary and Intellectual Activities, 1917-1919 41
8. IV. The May Fourth Incident 84
9. V. Developments Following the Incident: Student Demonstrations and Strikes 117
10. VI. Further Developments: Support from Merchants, Industrialists, and Workers 145
11. VII. Expansion of the New Culture Movement, 1919-1920 171
12. VIII. Foreign Attitudes Toward the Movement 197
13. IX. The Ideological and Political Split, 1919-1921 215
14. X. Sociopolitical Consequences, 1920-1922 254
15. PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF MAIN INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS
16. XI. The Literary Revolution 269
17. XII. The New Thought and Re-evaluation of the Tradition 289
18. XIII. The New Thought and Later Controversies 314
19. XIV. Conclusion: Various Interpretations and Evaluations 338
20. Chronology of Relevant Events, 1914-1923 371
21. Appendixes 379
22. Notes 391
23. Index 457
24. Backmatter 487