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Bad Elements : Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing by Ian Buruma...
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- 9780679457688
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Bad Elements : Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Political Science
- Topic
- Human Rights, History & Theory, World / Asian
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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"Strange things happen when Chinese dynasties near their end. Dams break, earthquakes hit, clouds appear in the shape of weird beasts, rain falls in odd colors, and insects infest the countryside. These are the ill omens of moral turpitude and political collapse. While greed and cynicism poison the society from within, barbarians stir restlessly at the gates. Corrupt officials, whose authority can no longer rely on the assumption of superior virtue, exercise their power with anxious and arbitrary brutality. When people, even those who live far from the centers of power, begin to sense that the Mandate of Heaven is slipping away from their corrupted rulers, rebellious spirits press their claims as the saviors of China, with promises of moral restoration and national unity. Millenarian cults and secret societies proliferate and sometimes explode in massive violence." What does it mean to be Chinese? Few questions in history have been as fateful. Bad Elements is the result of Ian Buruma's five years of travels throughout the Chinese-speaking world observing the varying groups competing for a right to define its answer. From the diaspora of exiles in the West, to Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, to factions within the People's Republic itself, Buruma comes to terms with the range of dissident communities competing to shape China's future in their own image. A brave and illuminating reckoning with the groups fighting for the Mandate of Heaven, Bad Elements is also a profound meditation on the universal themes of national identity and political struggle.
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679457682
ISBN-13
9780679457688
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1932163
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bad Elements : Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Human Rights, History & Theory, World / Asian
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Political Science
Number of Pages
400 Pages
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Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds779.26.B864 2001
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-019365
Dewey Decimal
951.05/7
Dewey Edition
21
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