Mao's Crusade - Politics and Policy Implementation in China's Great Leap Forward (Hardcover, New)

This fascinating study of China's Great Leap Forward documents how Mao Zedong dominated and manipulated the policy process. Through exhaustive research of newly-available materials, the author discusses how the central ministries and the province of Guangdong implemented radical policies such as the backyard furnace campaign and the establishment of the People's Communes. He also demonstrates how these authorities, hard-pressed by impossible assignments and production targets, were compelled to focus on the fantastic rituals of mass mobilization to keep up appearances.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Release date:	June 2001
First published:	June 2001
Authors:	Alfred L. Chan
Dimensions:	243 x 163 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	334
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-924406-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-19-924406-5
Barcode:	9780199244065

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