The Taiping rising – the bourgeoisie unable to make its own revolution Submitted by International Review on 11 November, 2012 - 16:39 With a background of the demoralising results of the opium war, a collapsing social order, peasant revolts against famine and an unbearable tax burden, an irreversible collapse of the State machine Read more about The Taiping rising – the bourgeoisie unable to make its own revolution2437 reads
