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Title: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0864929021
EAN: 9780864929020
ISBN: 9780864929020
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
Release Date: 23/04/2013
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Item Height: 228mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 19mm
Item Weight: 516g
Author: Michel Cormier
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: History, Law & Politics
Type: Education
Release Year: 2013
Description: With the loosening of restrictions on the Chinese economy in the 1980s and 1990s and the rise of the middle class, many observers thought that Western-style democracy would soon follow. Instead, China has adopted its own version, with a market-driven economy where actions that might call into question the decisions of the governing party are strictly forbidden. In this fascinating account, Cormier chronicles numerous failed attempts to bring democracy to China in the last century, starting with a handful of brave souls who tried to move China towards a constitutional monarchy at the turn of the century and peaking with the student uprising of 1989. Using historical research (including surprising transcripts from Party meetings) and candid interviews with many of the dissidents -- some now living in exile, others under house arrest in China -- Cormier tells the very human story of real people struggling for human rights and freedoms. The Legacy of Tiananmen Square was originally published in French as Les héritiers de Tiananmen. This updated edition was translated by Jonathan Kaplansky.

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