ISBN:
9781317475125
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1317475127
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Asia and the Pacific
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Perry, Elizabeth J Challenging the Mandate of Heaven: Social Protest and State Power in China
DDC:
303.6095
Keywords:
Protest movements History
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19th century
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China
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Protest movements History
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20th century
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China
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Political culture History
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19th century
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China
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Political culture History
;
20th century
;
China
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China
;
Political culture History 20th century
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Protest movements History 20th century
;
Protest movements History 19th century
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Political culture History 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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HISTORY ; Asia ; China
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Political culture
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Protest movements
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History
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China
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
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
Note:
"An East gate book. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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