Lucien Bianco

Peasants without the Party (eBook, ePUB)

Grassroots Movements in Twentieth Century China

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the question of whether China's peasantry was a revolutionary force, this volume pays particular attention to the first half of the 20th century, when peasant-based conflict was central to nationwide revolutionary processes. It traces key themes of social conflict and peasant resistance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317463092
• Artikelnr.: 42509874

Autorenporträt

Lucien Bianco

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Secret Societies and Peasant Self-Defense, 1921-1933
2. Reflections on Chinese Peasants and Revolution
3. A Peasant Revolution?
4. How Credible Are the Numbers?
5. Peasant Uprisings Against Poppy-Tax Collection in Suxian and Lingbi (Anhui) in 1932
6. The Responses of Opium Growers to Eradication Campaigns and the Poppy Tax, 1907-1949
7. Resistance to Land Rent, 1895-1949
8. Looting and Food Riots
9. Early Twentieth-Century Xiedou
10. Xiedou during the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
11. Peasant Responses to the Chinese Communist Party Mobilization Policies, 1937-1945
12. Peasant Resistance in the PRC
13. Weak Weapons
Appendix 1: Time Distribution of Rural Disturbances
Appendix 2: Cases of Peasant Resistance to Opium Eradication Campaigns, 1907-1949
Appendix 3: Cases of Peasant Resistance to Opium Tax, 1896-1949
Appendix 4: Geographical Distribution of Tenant Disturbances (1895-1949) According to Various Sources
Appendix 5: Differences and Convergences Between Bernhardt's and My Own Views
Glossary of Chinese Terms
Index
About The Author