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Tiananmen moon : inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 / Philip J. Cunningham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunningham, Philip J.
- Series:
- Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
- Asian voices
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College students--China--Beijing--Biography.
- College students.
- Student movements--China--Beijing--History--20th century.
- Student movements.
- Foreign correspondents--China--Beijing--History--20th century.
- Foreign correspondents.
- China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
- China.
- Beijing (China)--Biography.
- Beijing (China).
- Tian'an Men (Beijing, China)--History--20th century.
- Tian'an Men (Beijing, China).
- Beijing (China)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989--Press coverage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This compelling book provides a vivid first-hand account of the student demonstrations and violent crackdown 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. He brings to life the story of the demonstrations, from the tentative early marches to the huge outpouring of support, from
- Contents:
- I: New moon
- In search of the real China
- The new May fourth spirit
- Ten thousand bicycles
- II: Waxing moon
- Hunger strike
- Laying claim to the square
- Looking for Gorbachev
- Working-class heroes
- Rising tide of rebellion
- Everyone an emperor
- Breaking the fast
- III: Waning moon
- Martial law
- Provincial vagabonds
- Egg on the face of Mao
- Tiananmen headquarters
- Radical camp
- Last will and testament
- Clandestine interview
- Going underground
- Midnight rendezvous
- IV: No moon
- Troops are coming
- Of tanks and men
- Eve of destruction
- The sky is crying.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49734-0
- 9786612497346
- 0-7425-6674-9
- OCLC:
- 397014561
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