China under Mao : a revolution derailed /

China under Mao : a revolution derailed /

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"China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976. Andrew G. Walder argues that Mao's China was defined by two distinctive institutions: a Party apparatus that exercised firm discipline over its members; and a socialist economy modeled after th...

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Main Author: Walder, Andrew G. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Mao, Zedong, > 1893-1976 > Political and social views.
Mao, Zedong, > 1893-1976 > Influence.
Zhongguo gong chan dang > History > 20th century.
1900-1999
Communism > China > History > 20th century.
Social problems > China > History > 20th century.
China > Politics and government > 1949-1976.
China > History > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
China > Economic policy > 1949-1976.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Funeral
  • From movement to regime
  • Rural revolution
  • Urban revolution
  • The socialist economy
  • The evolving party system
  • Thaw and backlash
  • Great leap
  • Toward the Cultural Revolution
  • Fractured rebellion
  • Collapse and division
  • Military rule
  • Discord and dissent
  • The Mao era in retrospect.

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