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The cultural revolution on trial : Mao and the gang of four / Alexander C. Cook, University of California, Berkeley.
Van Pelt Library KNQ42.G36 C66 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Alexander C., author.
- Series:
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jiang, Qing, 1914-1991--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Jiang, Qing.
- Jiang, Qing, 1914-1991.
- Zhongguo gong chan dang--Purges.
- Zhongguo gong chan dang.
- Gang of Four Trial, Beijing, China, 1980-1981.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--China--History--20th century.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses).
- Criminal justice, Administration of--China--History--20th century.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Social change.
- History.
- China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Influence.
- China.
- Socialism--China--History--20th century.
- Socialism.
- Social change--China--History--20th century.
- China--Politics and government--1976-2002.
- Politics and government.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Political purges.
- China--Beijing.
- Genre:
- History.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, including Mao's widow and her Gang of Four, was the signal event in China's post-Mao transition. In its wake, Chinese socialism emerged from the rubble of the Cultural Revolution to create the China that we know today. This spectacular show trial was a curious example of transitional justice, marking a break from the trauma of the past, a shift to the present era of reform, and a blueprint for building a better future. In this groundbreaking reconstruction of the most famous trial in Chinese history, Alex Cook shows how the event laid the cornerstone for a new model of socialist justice; at the same time, a comparison of official political and legal sources with works of popular literature reveals the conflicted cultural dimensions of this justice. The result, Cook argues, saved Chinese socialism as ruling ideology, but at the cost of its revolutionary soul"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Indictment
- Monsters
- Testimony
- Emotions
- Verdict
- Vanity
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521761116
- 0521761115
- 9780521135290
- 052113529X
- OCLC:
- 953175259
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