Challenging the mandate of Heaven :: social protest and state power in China /

Social science theories of contentious politics have been based almost exclusively on evidence drawn from the European and American experience, and classic texts in the field make no mention of either the Chinese Communist revolution or the Cultural Revolution -- surely two of the most momentous soc...

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1. Verfasser: Perry, Elizabeth J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Schriftenreihe:Asia and the Pacific (Armonk, N.Y.)
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Zusammenfassung:Social science theories of contentious politics have been based almost exclusively on evidence drawn from the European and American experience, and classic texts in the field make no mention of either the Chinese Communist revolution or the Cultural Revolution -- surely two of the most momentous social movements of the twentieth century. Moreover, China's record of popular upheaval stretches back well beyond this century, indeed all the way back to the third century B.C. This book, by bringing together studies of protest that span the imperial, Republican, and Communist eras, introduces Chines.
Beschreibung:"An East gate book."
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781317475125
1317475127
9781315705866
1315705869

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