The Politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

The Politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0520040651
ISBN-13 : 9780520040656
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by : Hong Yung Lee

Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China

Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 074255306X
ISBN-13 : 9780742553064
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China by : Laurence A. Schneider

Using the field of genetics as a case study, this book follows the troubled development of modern natural science in China from the 1920s, through Mao's China, to the present post-socialist era. Through detailed portraits of key scientists and institutions, basic dilemmas are explored: how to control nature with science, how to gain independence from foreign-controlled science, how to get scientists out from under control of ideology and the state. Using the field of genetics as a case study, this book follows the troubled development of modern natural science in China from the 1920s, through Mao's China, to the present post-socialist era. Through detailed portraits of key scientists and institutions, basic dilemmas are explored: how to control nature with science, how to gain independence from foreign-controlled science, how to get scientists out from under control of ideology and the state.

Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 0765639998
ISBN-13 : 9780765639998
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution by : Lowell Dittmer

The chief target of China's infamous Cultural Revolution, Liu Shaoqi is one of the tragic figures of the Chinese revolution. By addressing the issues that decimated China's monolithic elite in the late 1960s, Lowell Dittmer illuminates not only the life and fate of this fascinating leader but also the policy-making process of a revolutionary state facing the diverging exigencies of economic modernization and political development. Liu Shaoqi emerges as the symbol of a systematic endeavor to combine order with revolution and equality using economic efficiency and technocratic values. In this new edition, Mr. Dittmer tells the end of the story -- the death of Liu Shaoqi and the fate of Wang Guangmei (Liu's wife and a notable figure herself) and other members of Liu's family and inner circle -- and the legacy and relevance of Liu's contribution to China in the late twentieth century.

China: the Evolution of a Revolution

China: the Evolution of a Revolution
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105120070300
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis China: the Evolution of a Revolution by : John Derrington Simmonds

The Origins of the Cultural Revolution

The Origins of the Cultural Revolution
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 0231057172
ISBN-13 : 9780231057172
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Origins of the Cultural Revolution by : Roderick MacFarquhar

The second volume in a trilogy which examines the politics, economics, culture and international relations of Chines from the mid-1950s to he mid-1960s, this volume tells the story of the Great Leap Forward--Mao's utopian attempt to propel China economically and socially into the twenty-fist century by mobilizing his nation's greatest asset: its disciplined, manpower. The effort produced economic disaster and political dissension, and helped to precipitate the Sino-Soviet split. Today's leaders point to it as the beginning of two decades of national trauma, which ended only after the death of Mao and the purge of the Gang of Four. Those leaders have recently authorized the release of a mass of new documentation in the form of political reminiscences, economic statistics, and leaders' speeches. This volume is the first scholarly work to use the new material comprehensively, weaving it into the narrative along with the contemporary record and the revelations published in Red Guard newspapers during the cultural revolution. The result is the most detailed account and analysis to date of what went wrong and why.

The Battle for China's Past

The Battle for China's Past
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Publisher : Pluto Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 074532780X
ISBN-13 : 9780745327808
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis The Battle for China's Past by : Mobo Gao

Mao and his policies have long been demonized in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As China embraces capitalism, the Mao era is being denigrated by the Chinese political and intellectual elite. This book tackles the extremely negative depiction of China under Mao in recent publications and argues that most people in China, including the rural poor and the urban working class, actually benefited from Mao's policies. Under Mao there was a comprehensive welfare system for the urban poor and basic health and education provision in rural areas. These policies are being reversed in the current rush towards capitalism. Offering a critical analysis of mainstream accounts of the Mao era and the Cultural Revolution, this book sets the record straight, making a convincing argument for the positive effects of Mao's policies on the well-being of the Chinese people.

Chang Ch’un-ch’iao and Shanghai’s January Revolution

Chang Ch’un-ch’iao and Shanghai’s January Revolution
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Publisher : U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105081291002
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Chang Ch’un-ch’iao and Shanghai’s January Revolution by : Andrew Walder

Shanghai’s January Revolution was a highly visible and, by all accounts, crucially important event in China’s Cultural Revolution. Its occurrence, along with the subsequent attempt to establish a “commune” form of municipal government, has greatly shaped our understanding both of the goals originally envisaged for the Cultural Revolution by its leaders and of the political positions held by the new corps of Party leaders thrust upward during its course—most notably Chang Ch’un ch’iao. At this interpretive level, the events in Shanghai seem to embody in microcosm the issues and conflicts in Chinese politics during the Cultural Revolution as a whole, while at the same time shaping our conception of what these larger issues and conflicts were. At the more general, theoretical level, however, the events in Shanghai provide us with an unusual opportunity (thanks to Red Guard raids on Party offices) to view the internal workings of the Party organization under a period of stress and to observe unrestrained interest group formation and mass political conflict through the press accounts provided by these unofficial groups themselves. The January Revolution thus provides us with an opportunity to develop better our more abstract, theoretical understanding of the functioning of the Chinese political system and the dynamics of the social system in which it operates. [1]

Sex in China

Sex in China
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781489906090
ISBN-13 : 1489906096
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Sex in China by : Fang Fu Ruan

China today is sexually (and in many other ways) a very repressive so ciety, yet ancient China was very different. Some of the earliest surviving literature of China is devoted to discussions of sexual topics, and the sexual implications of the Ym and Yang theories common in ancient China continue to influence Tantric and esoteric sexual practices today far dis tant from their Chinese origins. In recent years, a number of books have been written exploring the history of sexual practices and ideas in China, but most have ended the discussion with ancient China and have not continued up to the present time. Fang Fu Ruan first surveys the ancient assumptions and beliefs, then carries the story to present-day China with brief descriptions of homosexuality, lesbianism, transvestism, transsexualism, and prostitution, and ends with a chapter on changing attitudes toward sex in China today. Dr. Ruan is well qualified to give such an overview. Until he left China in the 1980s, he was a leader in attempting to change the repressive attitudes of the government toward human sexuality. He wrote a best selling book on sex in China, and had written to and corresponded with a number of people in China who considered him as confidant and ad visor about their sex problems. A physician and medical historian, Dr. Ruan's doctoral dissertation was a study of the history of sex in China.

Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business

Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business
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Publisher : IGI Global
Total Pages : 663
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ISBN-10 : 9781466639676
ISBN-13 : 1466639679
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business by : Christiansen, Bryan

Technology is a key driver behind the effects of contemporary globalization on business and other organizations worldwide. Understanding this phenomena in connection with the impact of cultural variations can help improve business and product life cycles in an era in which corporate capital and liquidity buffers must be increased for unexpected developments in global markets. Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business is a leading publication in its field emphasizing the importance of deeply exploring the effects of cultures and technologies on the global business sector. This reference source is beneficial for professionals, researchers, and practitioners who wish to broaden their understanding of the direct relationship between culture and technology in the international business realm.

Revolution and Tradition in Tientsin, 1949-1952

Revolution and Tradition in Tientsin, 1949-1952
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0804710449
ISBN-13 : 9780804710442
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Revolution and Tradition in Tientsin, 1949-1952 by : Kenneth Lieberthal

A Stanford University Press classic.