Elizabeth J. Perry
Perry, Elizabeth; Selden, Mark, Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance
2000Analyses reactions to government reforms, including both covert and open resistance. Distinguishes between intellectual dissidents and popular rebellion. See especially ‘Rights and resistance: The changing context of the dissident movement’ (pp. 20-38); ‘Pathways of labour insurgency’ (pp. 41-61); and ‘Environmental protest in rural China’ (pp. 143-59) which includes reference to direct action against a factory polluting water. Second edition has added chapters on Falun Gong, Christianity and land struggles.
Perry, Elizabeth, Shanghai’s strike wave of 1957
157 (March)Looks at little known worker unrest accompanying intellectual dissent.
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