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

by Chang Liu

Book Overview

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.

Based on local gazetteers, contemporary field studies, government archives, personal memoirs and other primary sources, it systematically compares two key macro-regions of rural China - the North China plain and the Yangzi delta - to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041554422X
• ISBN13: 9780415544221
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"