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The Spiral Road - Change In A Chinese Village Through The Eyes Of A Communist Party Leader (Paperback)
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The Spiral Road - Change In A Chinese Village Through The Eyes Of A Communist Party Leader (Paperback)
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The leading Party cadre of Lin Village in Southeast China describes
in this book forty years of turbulent events that affected
individuals and families in the village: the downfall of the
landlords during the Land Reform, the rise of poor peasants to
political power, the political fanaticism of the Great Leap Forward
and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and recent efforts
to restore rational, pragmatic policies in China's countryside.The
magnitude of change in Lin Village since 1949 has been
considerable. Most villagers have benefited from tangible
improvements in agriculture, education, and medicine, and they have
developed a sense of political participation and integration into
the national political arena. Significantly, while these dynamic
changes have been taking place, the observance of cultural
tradition has persisted. Attempts made by the government to change
"feudalistic" beliefs and practices have yet to make any lasting
impression on village life.More than an account of one village,
this book documents for readers the cataclysmic changes of China's
entire post-liberation era, detailing their effects in a
personalized style. An American anthropologist of Chinese descent,
Huang Shu-min employs participant-observation and personal
interviews to shape this unique view of rural China today and to
delineate some of the misconceptions held by Western academics.
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