This stage would be the first to involve direct action resulting from the social, political, intellectual, or economic causes of the incubation stage. This stage might involve the publication
of works calling for a change, street level riots by the common people, or more direct attempts at changing the society
It may involve conflict where sides for and againstthe revolution compete. This competition could take the form of debate or full-scale war. Successful revolutions survive this stage.
Those that do not are usually considered failed rebellions
The War of 1927 (Revolutionary Army)
The Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Chinese Revolution of 1949
The exiling of the Nationalists to Taiwan
The death of millions at the hands of Mao’s plans
Convalescence
This stage would involve recovering from the extremedisruptions of the crisis stage. In general, the political, social, intellectual, or economic causes of the revolution must be addressed in some way, though not necessarily to the satisfaction of all revolutionaries.
The Great Leap Forward
The Communist Revolution
The stripping of private landownership from individuals
What problems did you encounter when trying to apply the Fever Model to the Chinese Revolution? Explain.
The main, almost overwhelming problem that I faced when trying to apply the Fever Model to the Chinese Revolutions was that the events of the revolutions didn’t coincide perfectly with the stages of the Fever Model. Over the course of the 20th century, China had many crises that didn’t necessarily all come after a single period of symptoms. When trying to order and classify each event as one of the four stages of the Fever Model, I had to account for whether the event led to anything or whether it created a dud. Furthermore, some events were so broad that they could have fit into multiple areas of the Fever Model, such as the Great Leap Forward: it could be a crisis and a convalescent event. With the multiple revolutions that occurred during the 20thcentury in China, confusion about the order of stages and events was prevalent when trying to fill out this Fever Model.
