{"product_id":"mao-and-the-economic-stalinization-of-china-19481953-the-harvard-cold-war-studies-book-series-9780742540538","title":"Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplains why, in 1953, Mao changed direction in economic policy, and launched China on a Stalinist road to socialism, changing the country's economic and political land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a major contribution to the literature on the Chinese policy-making process. -- Thomas P. Bernstein, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eThis volume makes a significant contribution to an understanding of the sometimes capricious and personalized nature of internal Marxian debates over the correct path for China's transition. Highly recommended. -- S.J. Gabriel, Mount Holyoke College * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eThis dense and original study is an invaluable contribution not only to the much-neglected topic of Mao's role in early PRC economic history but more broadly to the literature on the political economy of China. * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful analysis of Mao's agenda in the late1940s and early 1950s. * The China Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThis study makes a significant and well-researched contribution towards the solution of one of the major riddles of early PRC history. -- Rudolf G. Wagner, University of Heidelberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Historical Background and Contemporary Setting Chapter 3 Mao, Stalin, and Transforming China's Economy: 1948-1952 Chapter 4 Stalin's Short Course and Mao's Socialist Economic Transformation of China in the Early 1950s Chapter 5 Mao's Formulation of the General Line for Socialist Transition, October 1952-September 1953 Chapter 6 Mao's General Line for Socialist Transition, October-December 1953 Chapter 7 Conclusion:  Mao, Stalin, and China's Road to Socialism","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037599236439,"sku":"9780742540538","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742540538.jpg?v=1750936440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mao-and-the-economic-stalinization-of-china-19481953-the-harvard-cold-war-studies-book-series-9780742540538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}