Jacqueries et Révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle

The China Journal | January 1, 2007| | Copyright

Jacqueries et Révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle, by Lucien Bianco with Hua Chang-ming. Paris: Éditions de la Martinière, 2005. 627 pp. + [vu] pp. euro27.00 (paperback).

This outstanding book is the culmination of almost four decades of meticulous research on peasant uprisings in 20th-century China. Lucien Bianco has done more than any other scholar to illuminate the nature of peasant protest and the dynamics of rural society in modern China, and this book represents the summation of his work. It is concerned with "spontaneous" peasant revolts, in other words, those that were ...

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