The Gate of Heavenly Peace : the Chinese and their revolution, 1895-1980 / by Jonathan D. Spence.

By: Spence, Jonathan D Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Viking Penguin Press, c1981. Description: xxii, 465 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 0670292478; 9780670292479Subject(s): China -- History -- 20th century | China -- History -- 1861-1912DDC classification: 951 LOC classification: DS774 | .S59 1981Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

Arousing the spirits -- Visions and violence -- Wanderings -- The far horizon -- The land of hunger -- Extolling nirvana -- Whose children are those? -- Wake the spring -- Farewell to the beautiful things -- Refugees -- Rectifications -- A new order -- The noise of the renegades. TOC

Summary: Spanning the years 1895-1980, this book is a study of some prominent members of China's intellectual elite during a turbulent period of the country's history.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Fiction	951 SPG 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		6081

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Map on lining papers.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [423]-444.

Arousing the spirits --
Visions and violence --
Wanderings --
The far horizon --
The land of hunger --
Extolling nirvana --
Whose children are those? --
Wake the spring --
Farewell to the beautiful things --
Refugees --
Rectifications --
A new order --
The noise of the renegades. TOC

Spanning the years 1895-1980, this book is a study of some prominent members of China's intellectual elite during a turbulent period of the country's history.

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