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[American] and [French] Revolutions - Notes/Questions/Study

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ElephantStew:
amnesiac, which historians have you been using for China, i've been using hsu, spence, gray, jung chang (she's quite entertaining) and of course meisner

Butler:
I just love reading Pipes and getting quotes from him about Lenin and the Bolsheviks. He's such a hater.

ElephantStew:
lol yeah good ol' Pipes ripping into the bolsheviks

JL_91:
And for the French Rev - Schama ripping into the use of violence/brutality. Good old British historians lol. Easiest to remember!

Amnesiac:

--- Quote from: ElephantStew on November 11, 2008, 03:51:40 pm ---amnesiac, which historians have you been using for China, i've been using hsu, spence, gray, jung chang (she's quite entertaining) and of course meisner

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Hey man, i use Hsu, Suyin and Spence a fair bit. A also use Edgar Snow because he was a primary source. For the Japanese Invasion and the Civil War i use J. Spence - he has some interesting insights as to why the Communists defeated the Nationalists. Aside from that, i am fairly light on historiography for the pre revolution. I'd be interested to hear about Grey and Chang.

For the post revolution i use R. Macfarqhuan for the 100 Flowers Movement, Snow for the Great Leap forward and Meisner or Leys for the Cultural Revolution.

If you'd be willing to send me a document with your collected historiography (if you have compiled one) i would be happy to send you mine so we can compare - As they say, knowledge is power, and it's also good to get more than one perspective.

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