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This is a book about one of the first groups of young Red Guards who, inspired by Maoist ideology, volunteered to leave their city and become rural laborers, potentially for life. The book presents their experience of a decade in a difficult rural environment, their final return to their city and their fate after this return. The book draws lessons from that historical event.

Finding China's Lost Generation: The Beijing

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9781538174241, 978-1538174241
      ISBN10: 1538174243

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      Book Synopsis

      This is a book about one of the first groups of young Red Guards who, inspired by Maoist ideology, volunteered to leave their city and become rural laborers, potentially for life. The book presents their experience of a decade in a difficult rural environment, their final return to their city and their fate after this return. The book draws lessons from that historical event.

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