The legacy of peasant rebellion in pre-modern China -- Peasant rebellions in the mid-nineteenth century -- The Chinese peasantry and the collapse of the imperial order -- The pattern of peasant unrest in early modern China -- Peasants and the revolution of 1924-27 -- The peasant movement under Communist leadership 1927-37 -- Yenan-peasant headquarters of the Communist revolution -- The Chinese peasantry and the modern Chinese revolution.

Peasant uprisings in seventeenth-century France, Russia, and China. [Les payans dans les révoltes du XVIIe siècle (France, Russie, Chine). English] / Roland Mousnier, trans. by Brian Pearce

French orig. publ. in 1967.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: a century of revolts all over the world -- pt. 1: France: peasant revolts -- The social structures of the kingdom of France -- The role of the peasants in French revolts as a whole between 1624 and 1648 -- The Croquants of Saiintonge, Angoumois, and Poitou- 1636 -- The Croquants of Périgord-1637 -- The Nu-Pieds of Normandy-1639 -- The Torrébens of Brittany-1675 -- pt. 2: Russia: the peasants in the revolts of the "Time of Troubles" and in the Anabasis of Stenka Razin -- The social structures of Russia at the end of the sixteenth century -- Peasant revolts of the "Time of Troubles." the false Dmitris. Bolotnikov -- Russian society before the revolt of Stenka Razin -- The revolt of Stenka Razin -- pt. 3: China: the peasants in some revolts toward the end of the Ming Dynasty -- The social structures of China in the first half of the seventeenth century -- Peasant revolts under the last Mings -- Conclusion: a comparison of the peasant revolts in France, Russia, and China.

"Pinghulu 平胡錄 (first part of sixteenth century) ... Notes on the rise and fall of different insurgents during the last years of the Yuan dynasty and on the final overthrow of this dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang...." Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 57 [2.3.10].
Pinghanlu 平漢錄 (16th century).....Record of Taizu’s suppression in 1363 of Chen Youliang 陳友諒 who had established in 1359 his kingdom of Han with his residence at Jiangzhou 江州 (Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi)......Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 57 [2.3.13].
Pingwulu 平吳錄 (late 15th or early 16th century)..... Record of Taizu’s struggle against and final suppression in 1367 of Zhang Shicheng 張士誠, who had been ruling southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang since 1356.... Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 57 [2.3.9].