The Paradox of China’s Post-Mao Reforms

About the author

Merle Goldman was Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.Roderick MacFarquhar was Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, and Professor of Government, Harvard University.

Summary

China’s move to an open market economy ended the political chaos and economic stagnation of the Cultural Revolution and sparked an unprecedented economic boom. Yet this success came at the cost of a weakening central government, increasing inequalities, and fragmenting society. The essays here explore this contradiction.

Product details

• Authors: Merle Goldman
• Assisted by: Merle Goldman (Editor), Roderick Macfarquhar (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780674654549
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65454-9
• No. of pages: 462
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Illustrations: 3 line illustrations, 9 tables
• Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series; Harvard Contemporary China Ser; Harvard Contemporary China Ser; Harvard Contemporary China Series; Harvard Contemporary China
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries