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Valuable insights into contemporary China
Rebecca Karl's book is a largely informative analysis of the movements which made the country what it is today, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
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This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
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CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
China’s Revolutions in the Modern World: A Brief Interpretive History
by Rebecca Karl
(Verso, £18.99)
VERSO’S latest offering on China is a concise and thought-provoking overview of nearly two centuries of Chinese revolutionary movements by historian Rebecca Karl, starting with the Taiping Rebellion which broke out in 1850.
The book goes on to discuss the collapse of the Qing dynasty, the establishment of the Republic of
China, the May Fourth Movement, the rise and fall of the United Front between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang, the founding of the People’s Republic, the cultural revolution and the reform period from 1978 onwards.
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