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The Battle For China's Past - Mao and the Cultural Revolution (Paperback)
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The Battle For China's Past - Mao and the Cultural Revolution (Paperback)
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--Shows that the Mao era was benficial for most Chinese citizens--
"A powerful mixture of political passion and original research, a
brave polemic against the fashionable view on China. ... Aims a
knockout blow at Jung Chang's recent book on Mao, which Bush and
the conservatives rave-reviewed." Gregor Benton, Professor of
Chinese History, University of Cardiff "This important book opens a
much needed window onto Chinese perceptions of the country's
post-Mao direction. ... Highlights the renewal of popular support
for socialism and the growing opposition to contemporary state
policies." Martin Hart-Landsberg, Professor of Economics, Lewis
& Clark College, Portland, Oregon Mao and his policies have
long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution
considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As China
embraces capitalism, the Mao era is being surgically denigrated by
the Chinese political and intellectual elite. This book tackles the
extremely negative depiction of China under Mao in recent
publications and argues most people in China, including the rural
poor and the urban working class, actually benefited from Mao's
policy of a comprehensive welfare system for the urban and basic
health and education provision for the rural, which is being
reversed in the current rush towards capitalism. By a critical
analysis of the mainstream account of the Mao era and the Cultural
Revolution and by revealing what is offered in the unofficial
e-media debates this book sets the record straight, making a
convincing argument for the positive effects of Mao's policies on
the well-being of the Chinese people.
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