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“Once he became fascinated by the protests, he immersed himself in the literature on China, going deeper and deeper into Chinese history. He pays a lot of attention to the historical precedents for the movement and the links to student movements of China’s past.” Read more...
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Historian
“This is a rather interesting book by Craig Calhoun. He is a sociologist, not a China specialist. But he happened to be in Beijing at the time of the 1989 uprising and, unlike most China scholars, he was smart enough to stop other things he was doing and go out and study this remarkable movement that was unfolding around him. So he went out and conducted some guerrilla surveys among the students to find out what they were up to and what it was they wanted. He ended up writing a book that stresses the way the students saw themselves as part of a long historical tradition of intellectual protest in China. He also points out that, over time, protests really change their character.” Read more...
The best books on Popular Protest in China
Elizabeth Perry, Political Scientist
