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Book SynopsisThe tumult of the Cultural Revolution after 1966 is often blamed on a few leaders in Beijing, or on long-term egalitarian ideals, or on communist or Chinese political cultures. Lynn White shows, however, that the chaos resulted mainly from reactions by masses of individuals and small groups to three specific policies of administrative manipulation:
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xi*Romanizations, pg. xiii*CHAPTER 1. What the Cultural Revolution Was, and Why It Happened, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. Workers and Managers: New Democracy vs. Socialism, 1949-1956, pg. 50*CHAPTER 3. Students and Residents: Policing vs. Patriotism, 1949-1956, pg. 87*CHAPTER 4. Workers and Managers: The Transition to Socialism, 1956-1957, pg. 104*CHAPTER 5. Students and Residents: Flowers, Coercion, and Minds, 1956-1957, pg. 130*CHAPTER 6. The Great Leap Forward and Salvation by Work, 1958-1962, pg. 148*CHAPTER 7. Exhaustion in the Leap among Residents and Intellectuals, 1958-1962, pg. 163*CHAPTER 8. Tightening Control over the Economy, 1962-1966, pg. 180*CHAPTER 9. A Standardized System for Urban Statuses, 1962-1966, pg. 200*CHAPTER 10. Maoists Try to Remake Management, 1966-1968, pg. 221*CHAPTER 11. Conflict among Local Symbol Makers, 1966-1968, pg. 270*CHAPTER 12. Conclusion: Causes and Lessons of the Tragedy, pg. 306*Bibliography, pg. 339*Index, pg. 353
