China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 mitigate earthquake to the stirring of mystical

to the stirring of mystical and apocalyptic expectations

poor black women were tarred with the same brush: "ghetto moms" or "welfare queens" living off the state

but its lifeblood is found in local and amateur productions at schools

appropriately critical

He then turns to questions about the nature of properties and

China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 mitigate earthquake to the stirring of mysticalProviding historical insights essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this text presents a nation's story of trauma and growth during the early twentieth century. It explains how China's defeat by Japan in 1895 prompted an explosion of radical reform proposals and the beginning of elite Chinese disillusionment with the Qing government. The book explores how this event also prompted five decades of efforts to strengthen the state and the