Structural and symbolic centers: Center displacement in the 1989 Chinese student movement

International Sociology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-354

  Chan, Elaine ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Center; Center displacement; Nation; Symbolic center; Tiananmen incident

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033239472     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580999014003007     Document Type: Article

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