Neither Gods nor Emperors
Craig Calhoun
University of California Press 
Schule und Lernen / Schulbücher Allgemeinbildende Schulen
Beschreibung
"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.
"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 m
Kundenbewertungen
beijing, democratic revolutions, social issues, totalitarian regimes, communist china, democracy, chinese history, socialist songs, world events, sociology, social problems, comparative politics, china, violence, political change, political science, asian history, tiananmen square, student activism, the internationale, student movements, foreign policy, imperial china, political activism, revolutions, suppression