Resistance in Colonial and Communist China, 1950-1963 - Anatomy of a Riot

This book challenges traditional concepts of the British colonial government and its attitude towards communist China, and debates surrounding Britain's colonial past.

List of contents

Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Communist Anatomy (1950 to 1955)
Introduction

1. Colonial Recognitions


2. The Anti-Rightist Purge in Mainland China

Chapter 2 The Colonial Anatomy: The 1956 Riot
Introduction

1. Who Started the Riot of 1956?


2. A Hapless Civilian and his Widow


3. Anatomical questions

Chapter 3 1963
Introduction

1. The Crackdown Begins


2. British Admissions


3. The Hyatt Americans


4. History of KMT Enemy Status

Chapter 4 Anatomies Examined
Introduction

1. The Colonial Anatomy


2. The Communist Anatomy


3. The KMT Anatomy

Chapter 5 Orthodoxy
Introduction

1. Orthodoxy and Technical Knowledge


2. Human Rights and the New Imperialism

Index

About the author

R.B.E. Price is a Lecturer-at-Law at Southern Cross University, Australia and has held visiting professorships across China. His other publications include Reading Colonies: Property and Control of the British Far East (2016, City University Press of Hong Kong), the biography of a Hong Kong land officer, Going Native: The Passions of Philip Jacks (2016, Australian Scholarly Publishing) and Violence and Emancipation in Colonial Ideology (forthcoming). His current project is a theoretical work, ‘On Occupation’.

Summary

This book challenges traditional concepts of the British colonial government and its attitude towards communist China, and debates surrounding Britain’s colonial past.

Product details

• Authors: R B E Price, R. B. E. Price, R. B. E. (Southern Cross University Price
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138388857
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38885-7
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Routledge Focus on the History of Conflict
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, Hong Kong, Political activism, Colonialism & imperialism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1950 to c 1959, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1960 to c 1969, C 1945 To C 1960, Political activism / Political engagement