Tiananmen moon : inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 /
This compelling book provides a vivid firsthand account of the student demonstrations and massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Uniquely placed as a Western observer drawn into active participation through Chinese friends in the uprising, Philip J Cunningham offers a remarkable day-by-day account of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
©2009.
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Colección: | Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This compelling book provides a vivid firsthand account of the student demonstrations and massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Uniquely placed as a Western observer drawn into active participation through Chinese friends in the uprising, Philip J Cunningham offers a remarkable day-by-day account of Beijing students desperately trying to secure the most coveted political real estate in China in the face of ever more daunting government countermoves. Tiananmen Moon takes the reader into the thick ofthe 1989 protests while also following the parallel response of an unprepared but resourceful Wes. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780742566743 0742566749 9780742566736 0742566730 1282497340 9781282497344 9786612497346 6612497343 |