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    This document provides a summary of the book "Crimson Rain: Seven Centuries of Violence in a Chinese County" by William T. Rowe. It includes endorsements from CHOICE magazine, Jonathan Spence of Yale University, the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, and the American Historical Review that praise the book for its thoughtful contribution to Chinese social history through detailed case studies and for bravely spanning 700 years of history in Macheng county from the 14th century to 1938 to uncover chilling findings about violence that will spark debate.

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    This document provides a summary of the book "Crimson Rain: Seven Centuries of Violence in a Chinese County" by William T. Rowe. It includes endorsements from CHOICE magazine, Jonathan Spence of Yale University, the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, and the American Historical Review that praise the book for its thoughtful contribution to Chinese social history through detailed case studies and for bravely spanning 700 years of history in Macheng county from the 14th century to 1938 to uncover chilling findings about violence that will spark debate.

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    2017821 CrimsonRain:SevenCenturiesofViolenceinaChineseCounty|WilliamT.

    Rowe

    CrimsonRain:SevenCenturiesofViolenceinaChinese
    County
    sup.org /books/title/

    "ThisengaginglywrittenandthoughtfulworkisasignificantcontributiontoChinesesocialhistory."

    CHOICE

    "Thisisapowerfulbook,deeplyresearched,withmanymovingandinformativecasestudiesofindividuals.Italso
    bravelyspanstheentireperiodofMachenghistoryfromthecollapseoftheYuandynastyinthefourteenth
    centurytothecomingoftheJapanesein1938.Rowe'sfindingsarechillingandconvincing,andwillbesureto
    sparkseriousdebateoverthisdifficultfacetofChinesehistory."

    JonathanSpence,YaleUniversity

    "WilliamRowehasbeenwritingbig,important,influentialbooksonChinesehistoryforovertwentyyears,andwith
    CrimsonRainhehasmadeanotherseminalcontributiontothefield.Rowe'scharacteristictechniquegroundsa
    majorconceptualargumentwithinameticulouslyresearchedandrichlytexturedhistoricalnarrative.His
    conclusionsarealwaysoriginalandfrequentlyprovocativeenoughtoinvitechallenge.Theyinvariablyinfluence
    thewaywethinkaboutlateimperialChina."

    HarvardJournalofAsiaticStudies

    "WilliamT.RowehasestablishedhimselfasoneofthemostcreativeandinnovativehistoriansofChinacurrently
    workinginthefield."

    AmericanHistoricalReview

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