Peasants and Revolution in Rural China - Rural Political Change in North China Plain Yangzi Delta, 1850 1949

Zusatztext 'Chang Liu's excellent study of peasants and social change in the century before the end of the War of Resistance builds on intellectual foundation! but by way of a research design goes to the next stage' - The China Journal! January 2008 Informationen zum Autor Chang Liu is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for New Political Economy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Klappentext This book explores rural political change in China from 1850 to 1949 to help us understand China's transformation from a weak, decaying agrarian empire to a unified, strong nation-state during this period. Zusammenfassung This book explores rural political change in China from 1850 to 1949 to help us understand China’s transformation from a weak, decaying agrarian empire to a unified, strong nation-state during this period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Comparison of Rural Communities between the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta 2. State and Rural Society in the Late Qing 3. Mobilization and Reorganization of Village Communities in North China 4. The State and North China Villages in a Changing World 5. The Communists and North China Villages 6. Social Structure and Local Politics in the Yangzi Delta 7. State and Society in the Yangzi Delta Countryside: The Republican Period 8. The Communists and the Yangzi Delta Countryside

Product details

• Authors: Liu Chang, Chang Liu, Chang Liu, Chang (Fudan University Liu, Liu Chang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2007
• EAN: 9780415421768
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42176-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy; Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Revolutionary groups & movements, Asian History, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions