Underground : the Shanghai Communist Party and the politics of survival, 1927-1937 / Patricia Stranahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stranahan, Patricia.

Series:

State and society in East Asia (Lanham, Md.)

State and society in East Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zhongguo gong chan dang--History.

Zhongguo gong chan dang.

Communism--China--Shanghai--History.

Communism.

History.

Shanghai (China)--History.

Shanghai (China).

China--History--1928-1937.

China.

China--Shanghai.

Physical Description:

xii, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [1998]

Summary:

This pathbreaking study offers the first in-depth view of the urban revolution during the pivotal Nanjing Decade, refuting the notion that cities played only a supporting role in Mao Zedong's brilliant conquest of the countryside. Focusing on China's largest and most cosmopolitan city, Stranahan examines how the Party organization in Shanghai -- severed from the central leadership and pursued by Guomindang and foreign authorities alike -- survived through a flexible organizing strategy attuned to the changing local environment. By redesigning and integrating itself into the city's political, economic and cultural life, the Shanghai Party organization not only endured but became an essential component in the city's anti-Japanese patriotic movement.

Contents:

1. Going Underground (1927-1928) 17

2. The Shanghai Party Emerges (1928-1931) 61

3. The Dark Days (1931-1934) 103

4. The Red Mass Leagues (1932-1935) 147

5. The High Tide of National Salvation (1936-1938) 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.

ISBN:

0847687228

0847687236

OCLC:

38468553