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The A to Z of the Chinese cultural revolution / Jian Guo, Yongyi Song, Yuan Zhou.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jianguo.
- Series:
- A to Z guides ; 83.
- A to Z Guides Series ; Number 83
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Dictionaries.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--1949-1976--Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (504 p.)
- Edition:
- 83th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China started in 1966 and lasted about a decade. This revolutionary upsurge of Chinese students and workers, led by Mao Zedong, wreaked havoc in the world's most populous country, often turning things upside down and undermining the party, government, and army while simultaneously weakening the economy, society, and culture. Tens of millions of people were killed, injured, or imprisoned during this period and relatively few benefited, aside from Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four, the group that would eventually receive the blame for the events
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Map; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Glossary; Bibliography; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-24517-9
- 1-283-65589-6
- 0-8108-7033-9
- OCLC:
- 853359742
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