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Accidental Holy Land

Joseph W. Esherick · 2022

150,905 words · about 10 h 34 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN) · Esherick, Joseph W. (2022), Accidental Holy Land, University of California Press - licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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Author
Joseph W. Esherick
Language
English
Published
2022
Length
150,905 words · about 10 h 34 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN)

 

Contents (6)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents about 1 min
  3. Preface about 7 h 6 min
  4. Conclusion about 30 min
  5. Appendix about 2 h 42 min
  6. Index about 14 min

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Front matter

Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future and increases

the reach and visibility of important scholarly work. Titles published in the UC Press Luminos model are published with the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as those in our traditional program. www.luminosoa.org

The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Sue Tsao Endowment Fund in Chinese Studies.

Contents

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxv 1. Frontier Foundations for Revolution 1 2. Shaanxi’s Early Communist Movement 31 3. Bandits and Bolsheviks 58 4. The Rocky Road to Revolution 87 5. Accidental Holy Land 123 6. Dawn of the Yaran Era 161 Conclusion 196 Appendix: Informants 211 Glossary 213 Abbreviations Used in Notes 221 Notes 223 Bibliography 289

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