Description
Book SynopsisExplores the origins, development, and significance of the European Branches of the Chinese Communist Organizations (ECCO), highlights the differences between it and the Communist home organization, and describes its impact on the Chinese Communist Party. This title provides information and analysis about the political leadership of modern China.
Trade Review"Levine’s book at once touches on three fascinating aspects of modern Chinese history; the ‘generational conflict’ that shaped the vision and mentality of the May Fourth youth, the intercultural experience of the first group of Chinese students in modern Europe, and, in a sense, the ‘foreign origins’ of the Chinese Revolution. . . . [An] enormous contribution to the study of modern Chinese education, society, and politics.”—Journal of Developing Societies“Stimulating and thought-provoking, and an important contribution to our understanding of the origins of the Chinese Communist movement."
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Prologue
The Rise of the Work-Study Movement
Four Voyagers to Europe
A New World
A Fork in the Road
The Chosen Path
Shifting Currents
Conclusion: The Found Generation
Appendix 1: Biographies
Appendix 2: Organizations
Bibliography
Index
