Neither gods nor emperors : students and the struggle for democracy in China / Craig Calhoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calhoun, Craig J., 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students--Political activity--China.

Students.

China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.) : 1 map

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"We want neither gods nor emperors", went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. Craig Calhoun, a sociologist who witnessed the monumental event, offers a vivid, carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its complex leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Mounting Protest

2. Fear, Uncertainty, and Success beyond Expectations

3. Crisis, Climax, and Disaster

4. Spontaneity and Organization

5. Civil Society and Public Sphere

6. Cultural Crisis

7. Claiming Democracy

Conclusion: To Be Worthy of the Cause

Glossary

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520920170

0520920171

9780585228426

0585228426

OCLC:

1163878888