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Agents and Victims in South China

accomplices in rural revolution

by Helen F. Siu

Elite (Social sciences)Rural conditionsLocal governmentClasses dirigeantesSozioo konomischer WandelAdministration localConditions socialesAdministration locale

When peasants live in complex agrarian societies with distinct hierarchies of power, how much are they able to shape their world? In this socio-economic, political and anthropological history, Siu explores this question by examining a rural Chinese community from the late 19th century onwards.

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