Neither Gods nor Emperors: Students and the Struggle for Democracy in China

by Craig Calhoun (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $31.60

  We want neither gods nor emperors , went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. Craig Calhoun, a sociologist who witnessed the monumental event, offers a vivid, carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its complex leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy.