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050		4	_aUA838.M5 _bD35513 1985
100	1		_aDai, Xuanzhi, _d1922- _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aHong qiang hui. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe Red Spears, 1916-1949 _cby Tai Hsüan-chih ; translated by Ronald Suleski ; introduction by Elizabeth Perry.
264		1	_bProject Muse,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (1 EPUB unpaged) : _billustrations.
490	0		_aMichigan monographs in Chinese studies ; _vno. 54
500			_aTranslation of: Hong qiang hui : yi jiu yi liu--yi jiu si jiu.
500			_aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 119-136).
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aBefore Tai Hsüan-chih's work on the Red Spear Society, the subject was a little understood movement that seemed of only passing interest to scholars of China--intriguing for its peculiar beliefs and rituals, perhaps, but hardly of central importance to modern Chinese history. Today, however, thanks in no small measure to the pioneering work of Professor Tai, the Red Spears have gained a secure niche in scholarship on modern China. Their numbers (reaching perhaps some three million participants at the height of the movement) and enduring (lasting intermittently for several decades) should stand as reason enough for the recent scholarly attention. But the Red Spears have generated interest for other reasons as well. As research has developed into the history both of China's traditional rural rebellions and of her Communist revolution has developed over the past few years, the Red Spears have assumed increasing significance. A movement which bore marked similarities to earlier Chinese uprisings (most notably the Boxers), the Red Spears nevertheless operated in a later period of history (right through the middle of the twentieth century) which brought them in direct contact with Communist revolutionaries. An analysis of the Red Spears thus becomes important both for what it can tell us about longstanding patterns of rural rebellion in China, and for what it suggests about the nature of Chinese revolution.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
610	2	0	_aHong qiang hui (China)
650		0	_aSecret societies _zChina _xHistory.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aPerry, Elizabeth J., _ewriter of introduction.
700	1		_aSuleski, Ronald Stanley, _etranslator.
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
710	2		_aUniversity of Michigan. _bCenter for Chinese Studies, _eissuing body.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _z9780892640607
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aMichigan monographs in Chinese studies ; _vno. 54.
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/77818/
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