The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution “A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank) In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists who shaped and were shaped by the turbulent events of the twentieth century. By skillfully combining literary materials with more conventional sources of political and social history, Spence provides an unparalleled look at China and her people and offers valuable insight into the continuing conflict between the implacable power of the state and the strivings of China's artists, writers, and thinkers. |
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... movement imposed by Mao's successor governments. Thus while the name of the gate, with its rich historical echoes and its evocations of a timeless sphere beyond politics, has seemed across the last century to bring a promise of solace ...
... movement imposed by Mao's successor governments. Thus while the name of the gate, with its rich historical echoes and its evocations of a timeless sphere beyond politics, has seemed across the last century to bring a promise of solace ...
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... carried through in the early 1950s, only to be reversed (or “carried to a higher stage”) in the rural collectivization movements that ended private ownership of any sizable tracts of land at the end of that same decade,
... carried through in the early 1950s, only to be reversed (or “carried to a higher stage”) in the rural collectivization movements that ended private ownership of any sizable tracts of land at the end of that same decade,
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... movement from yin to yang and back in ceaseless oscillation rather than dialectical progression. But at intervals over this long period of time occasional scholars had pointed to a small group of early texts that gave a very different ...
... movement from yin to yang and back in ceaseless oscillation rather than dialectical progression. But at intervals over this long period of time occasional scholars had pointed to a small group of early texts that gave a very different ...
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... movement, particularly its nihilist and anarchist strands, was available in Japan; from there it made its way to China, often in the form of translations from the Japanese, which were avidly read. Such works presented the basic ideas of ...
... movement, particularly its nihilist and anarchist strands, was available in Japan; from there it made its way to China, often in the form of translations from the Japanese, which were avidly read. Such works presented the basic ideas of ...
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Contents
3 WANDERINGS | |
4 THE FAR HORIZON | |
5 THE LAND OF HUNGER | |
6 EXTOLLING NIRVANA | 14 |
7 WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THOSE? | 28 |
8 WAKE THE SPRING | 28 |
10 REFUGEES | 49 |
11 RECTIFICATIONS | 49 |
12 A NEW ORDER | 63 |
13 THE NOISE OF THE RENEGADES | 1961 |
Notes | 1974 |
Bibliography | 1975 |
Index | 1979 |
9 FAREWELL TO THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS | 40 |
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The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution Jonathan D. Spence No preview available - 1982 |
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution Jonathan D. Spence No preview available - 1982 |
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