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Craig Calhoun 
Neither Gods nor Emperors 
Students and the Struggle for Democracy in China

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‘We want neither gods nor emperors’, went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. Craig Calhoun, a sociologist who witnessed the monumental event, offers a vivid, carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its complex leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy.


This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

‘We want neither gods nor emperors’, went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. Craig Calhoun, a sociologist who witnessed the m
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Craig Calhoun is Chair of the Department of Sociology at New York University.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 350 ● ISBN 9780520920170 ● File size 4.8 MB ● Publisher University of California Press ● Published 2023 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9127123 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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