Social History of Maoist China - Conflict and Change, 1949-1976

This new social history of Maoist China provides an accessible view of the complex and tumultuous period when China came under Communist rule.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Chinese society under Mao: classifications, social hierarchies and distribution; 2. New democracy and the making of new China (1949-52); 3. The transformation to state socialism (1953-7); 4. The great leap into famine (1958-61); 5. The post-famine years: from readjustment to the socialist education campaign (1962-5); 6. The rebellion and its limits: the early cultural revolution (1966-8); 7. Demobilization and restoration: the late cultural revolution (1969-76); 8. Legacies and continuities of the Mao era in reform China.

About the author

Felix Wemheuer is Chair Professor of Modern China Studies at the University of Cologne. He belongs to a new generation of Western scholars who are rewriting the history of Maoist China. His publications include Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union (2014).

Summary

This new social history of Maoist China provides a compelling account of the tumultuous period when China came under Communist rule. A multi-faceted approach traces the PRC's efforts at modernization and social change, while not losing sight of the human suffering and political terror that remain for many the period's abiding memory.

Product details

• Authors: Felix Wemheuer, Wemheuer Felix
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781107123700
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12370-0
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Asian History, History and Archaeology