The original French edition of this book, published in 1967, was
widely acclaimed as the best introduction to Chinese Communism ever
published. A fresh, bold interpretative survey, it focuses on the
dynamic social forces underlying the Chinese Communists' rise in
three short decades from obscurity to power. The author seeks above
all to relate the events of this tumultuous period to certain
tentative generalizations about the nature and course of the
revolution. He is concerned less with the May Fourth Movement as
such, for example, than with the revolution's intellectual origins,
less with the Communist party's early political history than with
the place of Marxist ideology in that history, less with the
military aspects of the war of 1937-45 than with the influence of
nationalism in the growing success of the Communists. An important
part of the book deals with the various governmental and
non-governmental attempt at reform during the Kuomintang era, which
the author shows were too little too late to dam the swelling flood
of revolution. The conclusion evaluates the crucial role of
imperialism, the peasantry, and the army in the Chinese "formula"
for revolution and re-examines the relationship between Marxism and
the Chinese Revolution.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 1971 |
First published: |
1971 |
Authors: |
Lucien Bianco
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
239 |
Edition: |
1st New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-0827-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8047-0827-4 |
Barcode: |
9780804708272 |
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