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China under Mao : a revolution derailed, Andrew G. Walder

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China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976 -- an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures, steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao Zedong. Mao's China, Andrew Walder argues, was defined by two distinctive institutions established during the first decade of Communist Party rule: a Party apparatus that exercised firm (sometimes harsh) discipline over its members and cadres; and a socialist economy modeled after the Soviet Union. Although a large national bureaucracy had oversight of this authoritarian system, Mao intervened strongly at every turn. The doctrines and political organization that produced Mao's greatest achievements -- victory in the civil war, the creation of China's first unified modern state, a historic transformation of urban and rural life -- also generated his worst failures: the industrial depression and rural famine of the Great Leap Forward and the violent destruction and stagnation of the Cultural Revolution. Misdiagnosing China's problems as capitalist restoration and prescribing continuing class struggle against imaginary enemies as the solution, Mao ruined much of what he had built and created no viable alternative. At the time of his death, he left China backward and deeply divided--Publisher
Language
eng
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Edition
First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Extent
xiv, 413 pages
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 restrospect
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9780674975491
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China under Mao : a revolution derailed
Title
China under Mao
Title remainder
a revolution derailed
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Andrew G. Walder
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976 -- an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures, steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao Zedong. Mao's China, Andrew Walder argues, was defined by two distinctive institutions established during the first decade of Communist Party rule: a Party apparatus that exercised firm (sometimes harsh) discipline over its members and cadres; and a socialist economy modeled after the Soviet Union. Although a large national bureaucracy had oversight of this authoritarian system, Mao intervened strongly at every turn. The doctrines and political organization that produced Mao's greatest achievements -- victory in the civil war, the creation of China's first unified modern state, a historic transformation of urban and rural life -- also generated his worst failures: the industrial depression and rural famine of the Great Leap Forward and the violent destruction and stagnation of the Cultural Revolution. Misdiagnosing China's problems as capitalist restoration and prescribing continuing class struggle against imaginary enemies as the solution, Mao ruined much of what he had built and created no viable alternative. At the time of his death, he left China backward and deeply divided--Publisher
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YDX
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1953-
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Walder, Andrew G.
Dewey number
951.05
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Mao, Zedong
  • Mao, Zedong
  • Mao, Zedong
  • Zhongguo gong chan dang
  • Zhongguo gong chan dang
  • Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976)
  • Communism
  • Social problems
  • Communism
  • Economic policy
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Political and social views
  • Politics and government
  • Social problems
  • China
  • China
  • China
  • China
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China under Mao : a revolution derailed, Andrew G. Walder
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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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 restrospect
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Extent
xiv, 413 pages
Isbn
9780674975491
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)959648856
  • 1865895
  • (OCoLC)ocn959648856
Label
China under Mao : a revolution derailed, Andrew G. Walder
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 restrospect
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Extent
xiv, 413 pages
Isbn
9780674975491
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)959648856
  • 1865895
  • (OCoLC)ocn959648856

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