Author:
Brown, Jeremy, 1976- author.
ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Descriptionxxvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note:Part one. China's 1980s -- Happy -- Angry -- China's 1980s: alternative paths -- Part two. The Tiananmen protests -- The Tiananmen protests as history -- Demands and responses -- Backed into corners -- Workers and citizens -- Protests: alternative paths -- Part three. Massacre -- The Beijing massacre as history -- Authorized force: preparing to clear the square -- Permission to open fire -- Where bullets flew -- Inside the square -- Victims -- The massacre continues -- Quiet reckonings -- Massacre: alternative paths -- Part four. Nationwide -- Han versus non-Han -- Outside in -- Inside out -- Rage -- Rural actions and reactions -- Aternative paths nationwide -- Part five. The aftermath -- The purge as history -- "Rioters" -- Don't call it a yundong -- Going through the motions -- Falsehoods and defiance -- Aftermath: alternative paths -- The future of June Fourth.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-255 and index.
Note:"The Tiananmen protests and Beijing massacre of 1989 were a major turning point in recent Chinese history. In this new analysis of 1989, Jeremy Brown tells the vivid stories of participants and victims, exploring the nationwide scope of the democracy movement and the brutal crackdown that crushed it. At each critical juncture in the spring of 1989, demonstrators and decision makers agonized over difficult choices and saw how events could have unfolded differently. The alternative paths that participants imagined confirm that bloodshed was neither inevitable nor necessary. Utilizing a wide range of previously untapped sources and examining how ordinary citizens throughout China experienced the crackdown after the massacre, this ambitious social history sheds fresh light on events that continue to reverberate in China to this day."-- Provided by publisher.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.
