| Summary: | Examining a society under alien rule, Tsai (history, U. of Charleston, South Carolina) reveals the volatile balance of harmony and conflict, cooperation and antagonism that existed between the Chinese community, colonial authorities, and Cantonese officials. He shows how growing social unrest, fused with antiforeign sentiments, acquired nationalistic overtones which found full expression in the 1911 Chinese revolution--all of which lay hidden behind a veneer of stability and prosperity propped up by the ruling elite. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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