NBN Classic: Rebecca E. Karl, “China’s Revolutions in the Modern World: A Brief Interpretive History” (Verso, 2020)

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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What Drives You to Write a Book About China's Revolutions

01:35 • 3min

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Verso's Centenary of China's Revolutions

04:39 • 2min

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China's Revolutions in the Modern World

06:12 • 4min

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The Nationalist Revolution in China, Part I

10:05 • 4min

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The Nationalist Revolution of 1911

13:40 • 4min

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The May 4th Movement of 1919

17:12 • 5min

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Comparative Revolutions in the Nanjing Decade

22:41 • 2min

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What Is China?

25:11 • 4min

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What Is the Relevance of the Nanjing Decade?

29:32 • 3min

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What We Call the Cold War in China

32:32 • 3min

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China and the Global Um Split in the 1950s and 1960s

35:55 • 2min

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Um China's Embrace of the Third World Peoples in the World

38:11 • 6min

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Re-Narrate China's Past as a History of the Potential for Mass Mobilization

43:57 • 2min

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The Cultural Revolution and the Problem of Narrative Narration Um

46:11 • 4min

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Is China a Revolutionary Movement in the 19th and 20th Century?

50:17 • 5min

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The Cultural Revolution Is Not a Routine

55:16 • 2min

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The Socialist Legacy of China Is No Longer Socialist

57:33 • 4min

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China Is a Hugely Nationalist State

01:01:15 • 2min

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Is There a Redefinition of Revolution in China?

01:03:33 • 5min

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How to Summarize Um What's Happening in Your Book

01:08:57 • 2min

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What Are You Doing These Days?

01:10:47 • 5min

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Your Recent Book Is a Memoir of a Time in History

01:16:01 • 2min