Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third EditionWestern imperialism and the weakness of Chinese social classes -- The defection of the intellectuals -- The abortiveness of bourgeois and proletarian revolution -- The Maoist revolution and the Yan'an legacy -- The new state -- The cities: the rise and fall of national capitalism -- Land reform: the bourgeois revolution in the countryside -- The social and political consequences of industrialization -- Agricultural collectivization, 1953-1957 -- The hundred flowers: socialism, bureaucracy, and freedom -- Permanent revolution: the ideological origins of the Great Leap -- Economics of the Great Leap Forward -- The people's communes and the "transition to communism": 1958-1960 -- The bureaucratic restoration -- The new economics policy, 1961-1965 -- The socialist education movement, 1962-1965 -- The concept of cultural revolution -- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969 -- Social results of the Cultural Revolution -- The aftermath of the cultural revolution and the close of the Maoist era, 1969-1976 -- The legacies of the Maoist era -- The rise of Deng Xiaoping and the critique of Maoism -- Market reforms and the development of capitalism -- The struggle for democracy -- The end of the reign of Deng Xiaoping: China in the 1990s |
Contents
Western Imperialism and the Weakness of Chinese Social Classes | 3 |
The Defection of the Intellectuals | 10 |
The Abortiveness of Bourgeois and Proletarian Revolution | 20 |
The Maoist Revolution and the Yman Legacy | 31 |
THE NEW ORDER 19491955 | 53 |
The New State | 55 |
The Rise and Fall of National Capitalism | 75 |
The Bourgeois Revolution in the Countryside | 90 |
The New Economic Policy 19611965 | 260 |
The Socialist Education Movement 19621965 | 273 |
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH 19661976 | 289 |
The Concept of Cultural Revolution | 291 |
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 19661969 | 312 |
Social Results of the Cultural Revolution | 352 |
The Aftermath of the Cultural Revolution and the Close of the Maoist Era 19691976 | 376 |
DENG XIAOPING AND THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE CAPITALISM 19761998 | 411 |
The Social and Political Consequences of Industrialization | 103 |
Agricultural Collectivization 19531957 | 129 |
UTOPIANISM 19561960 | 153 |
Socialism Bureaucracy and Freedom | 155 |
The Ideological Origins of the Great Leap | 191 |
Economics of the Great Leap Forward | 204 |
19581960 | 214 |
THE THERMIDORIAN REACTION 19601965 | 243 |
The Bureaucratic Restoration | 245 |
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Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic Maurice J. Meisner No preview available - 1986 |
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