Challenging the Mandate of Heaven : Social Protest and State Power in China Amy Silver dignity—those everyday virtues that can

dignity—those everyday virtues that can transform our world

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Challenging the Mandate of Heaven : Social Protest and State Power in China Amy Silver dignity—those everyday virtues that canSocial science theories of contentious politics have been based almost exclusively on evidence drawn from the European and American experience, and classic texts in the field make no mention of either the Chinese Communist revolution or the Cultural Revolution surely two of the most momentous social movements of the twentieth century. Moreover, China's record of popular upheaval stretches back well beyond this century, indeed all the way back to the