The Cultural Revolution : A Very Short Introduction
Richard Curt. Kraus
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (153 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: China's unfinished revolution; 2 "Politics in Command"; 3 Culture: "destroy the old, establish the new"; 4 An economy of "self-reliance"; 5 "We have friends all over the world": the Cultural Revolution's global context; 6 Coming to terms with the Cultural Revolution; Timeline; Major actors in the Cultural Revolution; References; Further reading; Websites; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. - China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, the movement remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open investigation of its origins, development, and conclusion. Drawing upon a vital trove of scholarship, memoirs, and popular culture, this Very Short Introduction illuminates this complex, often obscure, and still controversial movement. Moving beyond the figure of Mao Zedong, Richard Curt Kraus links Beijing's elite politics to broader aspects of society and
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| ISBN | 9780199740550
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