Drawing on nearly 30 years of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state since the 1960's. The ...

Social science theories of contentious politics have been based almost exclusively on evidence drawn from the European and American experience, and classic texts in the field ...

This book gives 'voice' to some of the notable 'silences' in the study of contentious politics.

Considering the great influence textbooks have as interpreters of history, politics and culture to future generations of citizens, it is no surprise that they generate ...

The development and use of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki number among the formative national experiences for both Japanese and Americans as well as for 20th ...

This portrait of social change in the North China plain depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during an era of war and how it in turn shaped the revolutionary ...

This collection of essays addresses the meaning and practice of political citizenship in China over the past century, raising the question of whether reform initiatives in ...

Tracing the course of conflicts throughout Asia in the past century, this groundbreaking volume is the first to explore systematically the nexus of war and state terrorism ...

The contributors - a mix of scholars and activists - explore the dynamics of East Timor's long struggle for independence and show how the case of East Timor, both during and ...