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Product Description: From the perspective of village activists across China, this book tells the stories of farmers and rural laborers who raised the banner of opposition to constitutional reform during the first decade of the twentieth century. The author brings to life the stories of the Camel King of Zunhua county, Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains of Laiyang county, and many others who criticized government modernization efforts, known collectively as the New Policy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Dialogues Across Civilizations sets the histories of China and Europe alongside one another. Each chapter stands as an essay that imaginatively places historical individuals and events in proximity to one another and explores a specific topic—gender relations, rural politics, artistic renderings of nature, to name a few—through the stories of persons who reflected on similar questions but in different social and cultural settings...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Dialogues Across Civilizations sets the histories of China and Europe alongside one another. Each chapter stands as an essay that imaginatively places historical individuals and events in proximity to one another and explores a specific topic—gender relations, rural politics, artistic renderings of nature, to name a few—through the stories of persons who reflected on similar questions but in different social and cultural settings...read more