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The Power of Tiananmen
Dingxin Zhao
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Description for The Power of Tiananmen
Paperback. This text provides a comprehensive account of the events surrounding the largest student revolt in history. The author teases out the emotions, rumours and elements of traditional and national culture that drove the students to revolt in 1989 at Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
In the spring of 1989 over 100,000 students in Beijing initiated the largest student revolt in human history. Television screens across the world filled with searing images from Tiananmen Square of protesters thronging the streets, massive hunger strikes, tanks set ablaze, and survivors tending to the dead and wounded after a swift and brutal government crackdown.
Dingxin Zhao's award-winning The Power of Tiananmen is the definitive treatment of these historic events. Along with grassroots tales and interviews with the young men and women who launched the demonstrations, Zhao carries out a penetrating analysis of the many parallel changes in ... Read more
In the spring of 1989 over 100,000 students in Beijing initiated the largest student revolt in human history. Television screens across the world filled with searing images from Tiananmen Square of protesters thronging the streets, massive hunger strikes, tanks set ablaze, and survivors tending to the dead and wounded after a swift and brutal government crackdown.
Dingxin Zhao's award-winning The Power of Tiananmen is the definitive treatment of these historic events. Along with grassroots tales and interviews with the young men and women who launched the demonstrations, Zhao carries out a penetrating analysis of the many parallel changes in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
642g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226982618
SKU
V9780226982618
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