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A Social History of Maoist China - Conflict and Change, 1949-1976 (Paperback)
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A Social History of Maoist China - Conflict and Change, 1949-1976 (Paperback)
Series: New Approaches to Asian History
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When the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to
'turn society upside down'. Efforts to build a communist society
created hopes and dreams, coupled with fear and disillusionment.
The Chinese people made great efforts towards modernization and
social change in this period of transition, but they also
experienced traumatic setbacks. Covering the period 1949 to 1976
and then tracing the legacy of the Mao era through the 1980s, Felix
Wemheuer focuses on questions of class, gender, ethnicity, and the
urban-rural divide in this new social history of Maoist China. He
analyzes the experiences of a range of social groups under
Communist rule - workers, peasants, local cadres, intellectuals,
'ethnic minorities', the old elites, men and women. To understand
this tumultuous period, he argues, we must recognize the many
complex challenges facing the People's Republic. But we must not
lose sight of the human suffering and political terror that, for
many now ageing quietly across China, remain the period's abiding
memory.
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