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1、PraiseforTheWobblingPivotPamelaCrossley,aleadinghistorianoftheQingEmpire,hashituponagenuinelynovelandstylishwayoftellingthestoryofChinasmoderntransformations.Shestrikesagoodbalancebetweenofferingupbigargumentsandsupportingthemwithrevealingdetails,andshe
2、excelsatlimningconnectionsbetweencollectiveactionsandstateresponsestounresttwocenturiesagoandpatternsofprotestandrepressioninthecurrenteraofInternetpetitionsandtextmessagemobilization.Theresultistrulyimpressive,ahigh-levelworkofsynthesisthatisinformedby
3、deepknowledgeofthepastyetspeakswithimmediacytotheconcernsofthepresent.JeffreyN.Wasserstrom,UniversityofCalifornia-Irvine,authorofChinainthe21stCentury:WhatEveryoneNeedstoKnowPamelaCrossleysbookgivesreadersanewandoriginalperspectiveonmodernChinesehistory
4、bymovingitsfocusawayfromthepoliticsofthecentretogiveusagreaterunderstandingofhowChinasregionsandminoritieshaveshapedthismulti-voicedsocietyinitstransitionfromempiretonation-state.RanaMitter,UniversityofOxfordOriginal,conceptuallybold,andunusuallyengagin
5、g.CrossleyoffersherreadersabroaderanddeepermeditationontheshapeandsignificanceofChinashistoricaltrajectory,onethatmayindeedmakeChinesehistorymoremeaningfulinthecontextofteachingundergraduates.BrynaGoodman,UniversityofOregonTheWobblingPivotisrefreshinglya
6、mbitiousinitsinterpretationofthewholescopeofChinesehistorysince1800.Itsanalysisoftheoftendisastrousextremesofstateauthoritarianismandlocalimplosionistoldwithatellingeyefordetailthatwillgripgeneralreadersandspecialistsalike.FrankDikotter,SchoolofOriental
7、andAfricanStudies,UniversityofLondon,andtheUniversityofHongKongFormyteachersLillianM.LiandJonathanD.SpenceTHEWOBBLINGPIVOTCHINASINCE1800AnInterpretiveHistoryPAMELAKYLECROSSLEYAJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd.,PublicationThiseditionfirstpublished2010©2010PamelaKyleCr
8、ossleyBlackwellPublishingwasacquiredbyJohnWiley&SonsinFebruary2007.BlackwellspublishingprogramhasbeenmergedwithWileysglobalScientific,Technical,andMedicalbusinesstoformWiley-Blackwell.RegisteredOfficeJohnWiley&SonsLtd,TheAtrium,S
