Description
Book SynopsisBased on unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76), and shows how the Cultural Revolution was experienced by ordinary people at the base of rural and urban society.
Trade Review"By probing the extent of the revolution across different regions in China and drawing attention to its later development after the Red Guards movement petered out, this work greatly broadens knowledge of the revolution and modern Chinese history in general."—
CHOICE"The questions raised by the painful realities illuminated by these important essays are worth taking seriously."—
The Chinese Historical Review"This volume is a valuable collection of essays on the Chinese Cultural Revolution It enjoys many new sources of information, which [were] not available for the previous scholarship on the history of the Cultural Revolution. The new information and new interpretations of the events as a result of it, alone were enough to make this volume a very useful reference for students of the Cultural Revolution in particular and the Chinese politics in general." —
The Journal of Chinese Political ScienceTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgements iii @toc2:1. The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History: an Introduction 000 @au:Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz, Andrew G. Walder @toc2:2. Passion, Reflection and Survival: Political Choices of Red Guards at Qinghua University, June 1966July 1968 000 @au:Xiaowei Zheng @toc2:3. To Protect and Preserve: Resisting the "Destroy the Four Olds" Campaign, 19661967 000 @au:Dahpon David Ho @toc2:4. Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution: A Study of Three Provinces 000 @au:Yang Su @toc2:5. The Death of a Landlord: Moral Predicament in Rural China, 19681969 000 @au:Jiangsui He @toc2:6. Staging Xiaojinzhuang: The City in the Countryside, 19741976 000 @au:Jeremy Brown @toc2:7. Labor Created Humanity: Cultural Revolution Science on Its Own Terms 000 @au:Sigrid Schmalzer @toc2:8. To Be Somebody: Li Qinglin, Run-of-the-Mill Cultural Revolution Showstopper 000 @au:Jun Zhang @toc2:9. The Sublime and the Profane: A Comparative Analysis of Two Fictional Narratives about Sent-down Youth 000 @au:Liyan Qin @toc4:Contributors 000 Glossary 000 Notes 000 Selected Bibliography 000 Index 000
