The mandate of heaven : Marx and Mao in modern China / Nigel Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Nigel, 1935- author.

Series:

International socialism series.

International Socialism Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--1949-1976.

China.

Zhongguo guo min dang--History.

Zhongguo guo min dang.

Zhongguo gong chan dang--History.

Zhongguo gong chan dang.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 1978.

Summary:

The essential Marxist history of China under Mao.

Contents:

PREFACE TO THE 2015 EDITION; PREFACE; NOTES FOR THE READER; PART I - THE LONG MARCH TO VICTORY; 1. THE WORKERS' REVOLUTION; 2. FROM DEFEAT TO VICTORY; PART II - THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; 3. THE FIRST PHASE; 4. THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD AND AFTER; 5. THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION; 6. AFTER THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION; PART III - THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; 7. WORKERS IN THE 1950s; 8. TEMPORARY AND CONTRACT LABOUR: THE "WORKER-PEASANT SYSTEM"; 9. THE WORKING CLASS AFTER THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION; 10. PEASANTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; PART IV - EQUALITY, DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE

11. EQUALITY12. DEMOCRACY; 13. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE; PART V - PROLETARIAN INTERNATIONALISM; 14. THE THEORY; 15. FOREIGN POLICY; 16. MAO ZEDONG THOUGHT ABROAD; PART VI - THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND MARXISM; 17. MODERN CAPITALISM AND THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION; 18. THE SOVIET UNION AND THE RISE OF A NEW CLASS; 19. MAO ZEDONG THOUGHT; RETROSPECT; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781608465101

1608465101

OCLC:

957127040