Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Map xviii
6. Chapter One. The Xinjiang Region 3
7. Chapter Two. Impact of the Taiping Rebellion on Rural Areas in the Xinjiang Region 22
8. Chapter Three. New Pressures on Small Rural Cultivators: Imperialism, the State, and the Small-Peasant Economy 42
9. Chapter Four. The Landed Upper Class and the Crisis of Paternalism 66
10. Chapter Five. Exploitation, Protests, and Uprisings 91
11. Chapter Six. Fang Zhimin: The Rise of a Revolutionary Peasant Leader 136
12. Chapter Seven. The United Front in Jiangxi: Urban Forces and the Organization of the Peasant Association Movement, 1924—1927 172
13. Chapter Eight. From Peasant Movement to Communist Revolution: Revolutionary Intellectuals and Peasants in the Xinjiang Region 193
14. Chapter Nine. Conclusion 231
15. References 243
16. Index 255