Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque des Histoires, 2014, 528 pp. Review by Marie-Claire Bergère This book studies and compares the Russian and Chinese revolutions, which occurred at…
Read moreNew York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, 274 pp. Review by Jean-Paul Maréchal In the first decade of the twenty-first century, China acquired the world’s…
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Read moreParis, L’Harmattan, 2013, 304 pp. Review by Nicole Khouri When discussing the emergence of civil society in Guangzhou, one must first take into account the…
Read moreShanghai, Shanghai Joint Publishing Company, 2014, 312 pp. Review by Benoît Vermander This work discusses the make-up of civil society in Shanghai in the time…
Read moreLondon, Routledge, 2013, 264 pp. Review by Yves Russell Celebrations marking 70 years since Japan’s capitulation in the summer of 1945, featuring a major military…
Read moreLondon, New York, Routledge, 2013, xvi & 192 pp. Review by Martin Minost The Chinese middle classes – and the question of their definition –…
Read moreParis, CNRS Éditions, 2014, 436 pp. Review by Ji Zhe This book, which has been recently translated into English,[1] sets out a new paradigm for…
Read moreIthaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2015, 296 pp. Review by Ming-sho Ho China watchers generally agree that successful economic development through low-wage export has shown…
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