Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Guo Jian is professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, He was on the Chinese faculty of Beijing Normal University before obtaining a Ph.D. at University of Connecticut. He have published in both Chinese and English on Western critical theory, comparative literature, modern Chinese politics and culture, and the intellectual history of the world 1960s.Yongyi Song is on the library faculty of California State University, Los Angeles. He is editor-in-chief of the 150-million-word Chinese Political Campaigns Database (published by Harvard University and Chinese University of Hong Kong) and has published extensively on modern Chinese history. Yuan Zhou is Curator for the East Asian Library of the University of Chicago. His broad areas of research and publication range from various fields in library and information science to modern Chinese history. Klappentext This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this important period in Chinese history. Zusammenfassung This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution covers its history through a chronology! an introductory essay! glossary! and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities! pol... Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)AcknowledgmentsReader's NoteAcronyms and AbbreviationsMapChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYGlossaryBibliographyAbout the Authors

Product details

• Authors: Jian Guo, Jian, Guo Jian, Guo Song Jian, Jian Guo, Yongyi Song, Song Yongyi, Yuan Zhou, Zhou Yuan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781442251717
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5171-7
• No. of pages: 542
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest; Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Reference, Reference works, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980