Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China : Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village


Ralph A. Thaxton
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2008.
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1 online resource (413 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-tilte; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters:DA FO VILLAGE (GREAT BUDDHA),1920-1993; Chronology of Important Events; Introduction; 1 The Republican Era and the Emergence of Communist Leadership during the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance; 2 The Ascent of the Vigilante Militia: THE VIOLENT ANTECEDENTS OF MAO'S WAR COMMUNISM; 3 The Onset of Collectivization and Popular Dissatisfaction with Mao's "Yellow Bomb" Road; 4 The Mandate Abandoned: THE DISASTER OF THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD. - 5 Strategies of Survival and Their Elimination in the Great Leap Forward6 The Escape from Famine and Death; 7 Indignation and Frustrated Retaliation: THE POLITICS OF DISENGAGEMENT; 8 The Market Comes First: THE ECONOMICS OF DISENGAGEMENT AND THE ORIGINS OF REFORM; 9 Persistent Memories and Long-Delayed Retaliation in the Reform Era; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. - Thaxton argues that the memory of the great famine under Mao shaped villagers' resistance to the socialist state.
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9780521722308. - 9780521897495

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