ASH-3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Silk Road, Deng Xiaoping, Quiet Life
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To live, 1994: example of family trying to live quiet life during time of turmoil in china, fugui and jiazhen, fugui entertains with puppets. Land reform, executing landlords, fugui only safe bc he gambled away everything, so. Red guards(young people/students who form informal bands, claim a revolutionary name and attacking everything old and anticommunist) and cult of. Mao(mobilizing of youth to make mao focal point, mao becomes godlike): turning against four olds(puppets are burned), denouncing capitalist roaders and reactionaries. From pre-modern to modern state in asia: prior to 20th century, lack of distinctly defined nation-states purely an invention of 20th century. Before, territorial boundaries were fluid: nature of pre-modern asian state/empire, minimal and decentralized, poor communication ability mail, telegraph, pony express. Everything is slower, states are weak because they cannot reach out effectively. Low levels of literacy, restricted to upper-class men and the religious leaders.
