Jeremy Brown - June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989

June Fourth

The Tiananmen protests and Beijing massacre of 1989 were a major turning point in recent Chinese history. In this new analysis of 1989, Jeremy Brown tells the vivid stories of participants and victims, exploring the nationwide scope of the democracy movement and the brutal crackdown that crushed it. At each critical juncture in the spring of 1989, demonstrators and decision makers agonized over difficult choices and saw how events could have unfolded differently. The alternative paths that participants imagined confirm that bloodshed was neither inevitable nor necessary. Using a wide range of previously untapped sources and examining how ordinary citizens throughout China experienced the crackdown after the massacre, this ambitious social history sheds fresh light on events that continue to reverberate in China to this day.

Jeremy Brown is Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History at Simon Fraser University.

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June Fourth

The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989

Jeremy Brown

Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

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DOI: 10.1017/9781107323728

Jeremy Brown 2021

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Names: Brown, Jeremy, 1976 author.

Title: June fourth : the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989 / Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.

Other titles: Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989

Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. | Series: New approaches to Asian history | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020055138 (print) | LCCN 2020055139 (ebook) | ISBN 9781107042070 (hardback) | ISBN 9781107657809 (paperback) | ISBN 9781107323728 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989. | China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 Influence.

Classification: LCC DS779.32 .B77 2021 (print) | LCC DS779.32 (ebook) | DDC 951.05/8--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020055138

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ISBN 978-1-107-04207-0 Hardback

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