The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History (Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center)

ISBN 10: 0804753504 / ISBN 13: 9780804753500

Published by Stanford University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History (Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804753504
• ISBN 13: 9780804753500
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Based on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76) and shows how the Cultural Revolution was experienced by ordinary Chinese at the base of urban and rural society. The contributors emphasize the complex interaction of state and society during this tumultuous period, exploring the way events originating at the center of political power changed people's lives and how, in turn, people's responses took the Cultural Revolution in unplanned and unanticipated directions. This approach offers a more fruitful way to understand the Cultural Revolution and its historical legacies. The book provides a new look at the student Red Guard movements, the effort to identify and cultivate potential “revolutionary” leaders in outlying provinces, stubborn resistance to campaigns to destroy the old culture, and the violence and mass killings in rural China.

About the Author

Joseph W. Esherick holds the Hwei-chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies and is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. Paul G. Pickowicz is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. Andrew G. Walder is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and Director of the Asia-Pacific Research Center.