A Social History of Maoist China: Conflict and Change, 1949-1976

ISBN-13: 9781107565500 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 346 str.

Felix Wemheuer

Opis

This new social history of Maoist China provides an accessible view of the complex and tumultuous period when China came under Communist rule.

Recenzje

'Wemheuer's social history of China under Mao is a must-read …' Jan Zofka, Comparativ

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Chinese society under Mao: classifications, social hierarchies and distribution; 2. New democracy and the making of new China (1949–52); 3. The transformation to state socialism (1953–7); 4. The great leap into famine (1958–61); 5. The post-famine years: from readjustment to the socialist education campaign (1962–5); 6. The rebellion and its limits: the early cultural revolution (1966–8); 7. Demobilization and restoration: the late cultural revolution (1969–76); 8. Legacies and continuities of the Mao era in reform China.