June Fourth - The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989

A vivid new social history of the Tiananmen protests, Beijing massacre, and nationwide crackdown of 1989.

List of contents

Part I. China's 1980s: 1. Happy; 2. Angry; 3. China's 1980s: Alternative Paths; Part II. The Tiananmen Protests: 4. The Tiananmen Protests as History; 5. Demands and Responses; 6. Backed into Corners; 7. Workers and Citizens; 8. Protests: Alternative Paths; Part III. Massacre: 9. The Beijing Massacre as History; 10. Authorized Force: Preparing to Clear the Square; 11. Permission to Open Fire; 12. Where Bullets Flew; 13. Inside the Square; 14. Victims; 15. The Massacre Continues; 16. Quiet Reckonings; 17. Massacre: Alternative Paths; Part IV. Nationwide: 18. Han versus Non-han; 19. Outside In; 20. Inside Out; 21. Rage; 22. Rural Actions and Reactions; 23. Alternative Paths Nationwide; Part V. The Aftermath: 24. The Purge as History; 25. 'Rioters'; 26. Don't call it a Yundong; 27. Going through the Motions; 28. Falsehoods and Defiance; 29. Aftermath: Alternative Paths; 30. The Future of June Fourth.

About the author

Jeremy Brown is Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History at Simon Fraser University.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Brown, Jeremy (Simon Fraser University Brown
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781107657809
• ISBN: 978-1-107-65780-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Asian History, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions