China Under Mao : : A Revolution Derailed / / Andrew G. Walder.
China’s Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the revolution was just beginning. Andrew Walder narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist state from 1949 to 1976—an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures, steered by m...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 p.) :; 19 halftones, 30 line illustrations, 1 table |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Funeral -- 2 From Movement to Regime -- 3 Rural Revolution -- 4 Urban Revolution -- 5 The Socialist Economy -- 6 The Evolving Party System -- 7 Thaw and Backlash -- 8 Great Leap -- 9 Toward the Cultural Revolution -- 10 Fractured Rebellion -- 11 Collapse and Division -- 12 Military Rule -- 13 Discord and Dissent -- 14 The Mao Era in Retrospect -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Summary: | China’s Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the revolution was just beginning. Andrew Walder narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist state from 1949 to 1976—an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures, steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao Zedong. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674286689 9783110665901 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674286689 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Andrew G. Walder. |