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Revolutionary Left Radio: Modern China Pt. 1: The Taiping & Boxer Rebellions w/ Ken Hammond
revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.comIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we launch our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with this terrific discussion on the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions! Be sure to go back and listen to the , which serves as a bit of an introductory work for this miniseries. The other three installments will drop every other week (with other episodes in between), and will cover the Chinese Revolution/Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, and the Reform period, so be sure to subscribe to not miss any of those coming episodes! Ken Hammond is Professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University. He has been engaged in radical politics since his involvement in the anti-war movement at Kent State in 1968-70. Ken is also the author of the book .
oh yeah they mention that series at the end of this episode, have not listened to it but probably will eventually, his interviews on Breakthrough News always have some interesting tidbits of history, and a lot of commentary on currents events too of course