Title
Professor of Politics
Degree
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Field of Specialty
Comparative politics. East Asia. China. Comparative revolutions. Comparative democratic movements.
Contact Information
Golding Judaica Center 116
781-736-2767
thaxton@brandeis.edu
Ralph Thaxton
Publications
Thaxton,Ralph. Salt of the Earth: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest and Communist Revolution in China. University of California Press, 1997.
Thaxton,Ralph. China Turned Rightside Up: Revolutionary Legitimacy in the Peasant World. Yale University Press, 1983.
Courses Taught
| POL | 128a | The Politics of Revolution: State Violence and Popular Insurgency in the Third World |
| POL | 147a | The Government and Politics of China |
| POL | 147b | Seminar: The Modern Chinese Revolution |
| POL | 148a | Seminar: Contemporary Chinese Politics |
| POL | 167a | United States and China in World Politics |
| POL | 179a | China's Global Rise: The Challenge to Democratic Order |