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Author:   Lucien Bianco
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781563248399

ISBN 10:   1563248395
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   31 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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;

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