Book contents
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- 4 The Tiananmen Protests as History
- 5 Demands and Responses
- 6 Backed into Corners
- 7 Workers and Citizens
- 8 Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
4 - The Tiananmen Protests as History
from Part Two - The Tiananmen Protests
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2021
- June Fourth
- New Approaches to Asian History
- June Fourth
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part One China’s 1980s
- Part Two The Tiananmen Protests
- 4 The Tiananmen Protests as History
- 5 Demands and Responses
- 6 Backed into Corners
- 7 Workers and Citizens
- 8 Protests
- Part Three Massacre
- Part Four Nationwide
- Part Five The Aftermath
- Further Reading
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Existing scholarly approaches, memoirs, and documentary films fail to capture the sense of hope experienced by many people in Beijing in 1989. Looking beyond students to include workers and ordinary Beijing residents provides a more comprehensive view of the Tiananmen protests of 1989.
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- June FourthThe Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989, pp. 39 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021