{"product_id":"datong-9789881605665","title":"Datong","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Evans Chan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA trail-blazing political reformer and visionary thinker at the turn of the 20th century, Kang Youwei (1858-1927) envisioned a global utopia of human equality and solidarity. However, his advocacy of a constitutional monarchy, instead of a revolution, has caused him to become the bete noire of modern Chinese history. Datong: The Chinese Utopia focuses on this Guangdong native's years of exile in Europe, Asia and America, as he and his daughter Kang Tongbi campaigned for a better future for their compatriots at home and abroad-which culminated in an anti-American boycott (1905-1906) to beat back the Chinese Exclusion Act, and two meetings with a conciliatory Theodore Roosevelt. Writer\/filmmaker Evans Chan, a descendant from Kang's hometown, used his award-winning film Datong: The Great Society (2011) to develop the libretto for this chamber opera.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45268607565975,"sku":"9789881605665","price":1166.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789881605665.webp?v=1769236227","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/datong-9789881605665","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}