Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China
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Elektronische Ressource
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Publisher:
University of California Press
Place of publication:
Berkeley, CA
Date:
2022
Extent, illustration, format:
1 Online-Ressource (346 p.)
Language:
Englisch
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Abstract:
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Yan'an is China's ";revolutionary holy land,"; the heart of Mao Zedong's Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick's book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in Northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerrilla movement of the 1930s, and the replacement of the local revolutionary leadership after Mao and the Center arrived in 1935. In Accidental Holy Land, Esherick compels us to consider the Chinese Revolution not as some inevitable peasant response to poverty and oppression, but as the contingent product of local, national, and international events in a constantly changing milieu
Object text:
Joseph W. Esherick
In English
In English
Contents:
Frontmatter; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Frontier Foundations for Revolution; 2. Shaanxi’s Early Communist Movement; 3. Bandits and Bolsheviks; 4. The Rocky Road to Revolution; 5. Accidental Holy Land; 6. Dawn of the Yan’an Era; Conclusion; Appendix: Informants; Glossary; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-12
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2022-07-14
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2023-04-12
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