Accidental Holy Land

The Communist Revolution in Northwest China

Accidental Holy Land
Joseph W Esherick
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h229 x 152mm - 346pg
22 Feb 2022 US
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9780520385320
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Yan' an is China' s "revolutionary holy land," the heart of Mao Zedong' s Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick' s book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerrilla movement of the 1930s, and the replacement of the local revolutionary leadership after Mao and the Center arrived in 1935. In Accidental Holy Land, Esherick compels us to consider the Chinese revolution not as some inevitable peasant response to poverty and oppression, but as the contingent product of local, national, and international events in a constantly changing milieu.
Joseph W. Esherick is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. He is author of The Origins of the Boxer Uprising (UC Press), Ancestral Leaves (UC Press), and other works on modern Chinese history. In 2021, Esherick received an award for Distinguished Contributions for China Studies from The World Forum on China Studies.
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ISBN-13: 9780520385320
Published: 22 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 544g
Pages: 346

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