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China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed
Andrew G. Walder
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Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
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. Walder convincingly shows that the effect of Maoist inequalities still distorts China today...[It] will be a mind-opening book for many (and is a depressing reminder for others). --Jonathan Mirsky, The Spectator ... Read more
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. Walder convincingly shows that the effect of Maoist inequalities still distorts China today...[It] will be a mind-opening book for many (and is a depressing reminder for others). --Jonathan Mirsky, The Spectator ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674975491
SKU
V9780674975491
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About Andrew G. Walder
Andrew G. Walder is Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. His previous books include Fractured Rebellion, which won the Barrington Moore Book Award, and China Under Mao (both from Harvard). A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Guggenheim fellow, Walder has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the National ... Read more
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