"The Cultural Revolution began as a "revolution from above," and Mao had only a tenuous relationship with the Red Guard students and workers who responded to his call. Yet it was these young rebels at the grassroots who advanced the Cultural Revolution's more radical possibiliti…
Biographical note: WuYiching: Yiching Wu teaches East Asian studies, history, and anthropology at the University of Toronto. Mao Zedong envisioned a great struggle to "wreak havoc under the heaven" when he launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The mass demobilizations of 19…
"The Cultural Revolution began as a "revolution from above," and Mao had only a tenuous relationship with the Red Guard students and workers who responded to his call. Yet it was these young rebels at the grassroots who advanced the Cultural Revolution's more radical possibiliti…
"The Cultural Revolution began as a "revolution from above," and Mao had only a tenuous relationship with the Red Guard students and workers who responded to his call. Yet it was these young rebels at the grassroots who advanced the Cultural Revolution's more radical possibiliti…
« Toute histoire a un commencement, et pour moi l'aventure du printemps 2012 débute le 12 juin 2009 lorsque j'ouvre le journal Le Devoir. » Dans ce livre, écrit avec le style qu'on lui connaît, on suit pas à pas Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois au fil des luttes, des rencontres décisives, …
Cet ouvrage, solidement documenté, vient renverser l'opinion largement répandue quant au caractère apolitique, conservateur et dépourvu de conscience sociale des étudiants québécois des années 1950. Pour rétablir les faits, l'auteure a analysé les initiatives et activités des le…
