Asia's Unknown Uprisings Vol.2

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People Power in the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Indonesia, 1947-2009

By George Katsiaficas

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Asia's Unknown Uprisings Vol.2 by George Katsiaficas explores a largely overlooked wave of uprisings that took place across nine regions in East Asia during the 1980s and 1990s. Setting these events within the wider context of late 20th-century history, Katsiaficas examines their roots in the revolutionary movements of 1968 and their influence on Eastern Europe's upheavals at the close of the 1980s. The book is richly illustrated and packed with data including tables, charts, chronologies, and graphs, providing a comprehensive understanding of these significant but underreported historical movements.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in history, political movements, social change, and Asian studies, including both academic scholars and informed general readers seeking deeper insight into revolutionary waves beyond the well-known narratives.

Detailed and comprehensive analysis of asian unrest.

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Provides a unique perspective on uprisings in nine places in East Asia in the 1980s and 1990s. While the 2011 Arab Spring is well known, the wave of uprisings that swept East Asia in the 1980s is almost unheard of.

Beginning with an overview of late 20th-century history, the context within which Asian uprisings arose, Asia's Unknown Uprisings Vol.2 relates Asian uprisings to predecessors in 1968 and shows their subsequent influence on the wave of uprisings that swept Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s.

The book is richly illustrated, featuring tables, charts, chronologies, graphs, an index, and footnotes.

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Praised by activists and scholars alike, Asia's Unknown Uprisings is noted for its scholarly yet accessible approach. Grace Lee Boggs highlights its challenge to rethink democracy beyond traditional forms, while Bill Fletcher Jr. commends it as an exciting examination of revolutionary waves. Carl Boggs describes it as a majestic and well-researched account, highly recommended to readers interested in Asian studies and social change.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781604864885

Publisher: PM Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 April 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: PM Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 622g

Pages: 498

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Asian History George Katsiaficas History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

George Katsiaficas is author or editor of eleven books, including The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968, the first book to place sixties movements in their worldwide context. Together with Kathleen Cleaver, he co-edited Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party. His book, The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life, was co-winner of the 1998 Michael Harrington Award for best new book in political science. In 2010, the May Mothers’ House—widows and mothers of men killed in the 1980 Gwangju Uprising—awarded his service and commitment. A longtime activist for peace and justice, he was a student of Herbert Marcuse and twice granted Fulbright fellowships. Currently, he is based at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.