Social and political change in revolutionary China : the Taihang Base area in the War of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945 / David S.G. Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, David S. G., author.

Series:

World social change.

World social change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--China--Taihang Mountains.

Social change.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.

Taihang Mountains (China)--Social conditions.

Taihang Mountains (China).

Taihang Mountains (China)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This history provides the first book-length study and the first county-level analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan. David S. G. Goodman explores revolution as process, arguing that the CCP was successful because of its management of revolutionary incrementalism. In particular, he examines the roles and interactions of urban intellectuals, teachers, and peasant small-holders as agents of change. Based on newly available documents and interviews, this meticulously researched work deepens our understanding of the so

Contents:

Social And Political Change In Revolutionary China ; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Chronology: The Taihang Base Area, 1937-1945 ; Maps; Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region, 1945; Liaoxian (Zuoquan) County; Wuxiang County; Licheng County; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Revolutionary Process; PART I: POLITICAL ORDER; 1. Base Area and Border Region; 2. Liaoxian: The Administrative Center; 3. Wuxiang: Military Affairs and Mobilization; 4. Licheng: Food and Factories; PART II: SOCIAL REFORM; 5. The Revolutionary Imperative; 6. Liaoxian: Land and Social Reform

7. Wuxiang: Radical Politics and Revolutionary Conflict8. Licheng: Resistance and Rebellion; Conclusion: Revolution in Southeast Shanxi; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-330) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781461643388

1461643384

OCLC:

652278851