Books By Elizabeth J. Perry - Author

Elizabeth J. Perry is Director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University. Born in China, she was educated at William Smith College (B.A. summa cum laude), The University of Washington (M.A.), and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.). Before moving to Harvard, she taught at the universities of Arizona, Washington, and California (Berkeley). Professor Perry has written widely on Chinese popular movements from the nineteenth century to the present. Her previous books include Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845–1945 (1980); Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor (1993); Proletarian Power: Shanghai in the Cultural Revolution (with Li Xun) (1997); and Popular Protest and Political Culture in Modern China (with Jeffrey Wasserstrom) (1994).