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In his pre-1949 incarnation, Mao Zedong firmly believed that empirical social research should serve as the foundation for correct revolutionary policy. On several occasions he himself carried out such research. In the guise of rural sociologist, Mao wrote this fascinating report on a rural county in Jiangxi province in May 1930. (It was not published in China until 1982.) The report provides an intimate and unadorned view of Chinese society at the ground level, with a crowded cast of local characters--merchants, landlords, artisans, prostitutes, peasants, workers, etc.--and their economic links, social customs, and personal relations. Mao's commentary brings to life the otherwise abstract notions of class conflict and exploitation, and reminds us of how richly variegated was the pattern of life and society in the prerevolutionary Chinese countryside. Thompson's excellent translation of the original text follows after an illuminating introduction. For scholars and specialists.
- Steven I. Levine, Duke Univ., Durham, N.C.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket with creased front flaps under clear mylar cover. Translated with an introduction and notes by Roger R. Thompson. Maps. Black-and-white photographs. An extraordinary document that far exceeds in scope and depth Mao's other investigative reports on rural China. The report is a rich source of information on rural administration, commerce, transportation, communication, education, land tenure, taxation, religion, diverse social relations and practices and struggle in one obscure area that was a microcosm of China. 278p. Measures 6x8.75 inches. Seller Inventory # 34852
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Report from Xunwu / Mao Zedong ; translated, and with an introduction and notes by Roger R. Thompson
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Report from Xunwu / Mao Zedong ; translated, and with an introduction and notes by Roger R. Thompson
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REPORT FROM XUNWU: Translated With An Introduction And Notes By Roger R. Thompson.
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red cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks brand new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( sd/nap). b&w frontis. portrait of young Mao. ix+278p. 2 b&w maps of southeast china. 12 pages of b&w photo illustrations. notes. bibliography. character list. index. world history. biography. autobiography. memoirs. chinese history. politics. philosophy. political philosophy. chinese revolution. communism. ~ In May 1930, Mao Zedong conducted an investigation and wrote a report on the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Long described as lost, the report was published in China for the first time in 1982, when it was used by Deng Xiaoping to bolster his claim to power by demonstrating that he was following Mao in "seeking truth from facts." The report is an extraordinary document, the earliest and most extensive surviving example of Mao's local investigations. It has the pithiness and spontaneity of field notes, and covers a wide array of subjects: administration, commerce, transportation, communication, education, land tenure, taxation, religion, and diverse social practices, including prostitution and child selling. The report is not only a record of Mao's efforts to link a local revolution with a national revolution but also a record, in absorbing detail, of what revolution and counterrevolution meant to ordinary men and women. The abundance of facts makes the report a revealing record of dailv life in rural China during one of the most wrenching transformations in Chinese history. The Xunwu report opens a window on the process by which, at the local level, Mao and the Chinese Communist Party transformed the disasters of the late 1920'S, notably the split with the Kuomintang and the failure of an urban~oriented revolutionary strategy, into the triumphal establishment of a momentarily secure revolutionary base in Jiangxi in 1931. A key element in the CCP's ultimate rise to power was its mastery and manipulation of local communities, which would not have been possible without painstaking local investigations. Above all, the report can be placed in the context of Mao's own intellectual development. This document was produced at an important moment in Mao's attempt to adapt Marxism to Chinese reality. The kind of investigation he made, and the insights that resulted, would become an important part of this ongoing effort. The book is illustrated with maps and twelve pages of photographs, many of which were taken by an American missionary in Xunwu and are previously unpublished. Seller Inventory # 7021201
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