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Tiger, tyrant, bandit, businessman : echoes of counterrevolution from New China /

"The rural county of Poyang, lying in northern Jiangxi Province, goes largely unmentioned in the annals of modern Chinese history. While previously overlooked, Poyang provides the setting for this groundbreaking study of the dawn of the People's Republic of China in the countryside. Drawin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DeMare, Brian James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A few words before we begin
  • Timeline of events
  • The setting : the county by the lake
  • Casefile one : bandits, big swords, and the rebel scholar
  • Casefile two : Big Tiger, tyrant of the mountain
  • Casefile three : the case of the Bodhisattva Society
  • Casefile four : Merchant Zha goes to court
  • A few more words in closing.