Agents of disorder : inside China's cultural revolution / Andrew G. Walder

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walder, Andrew G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political persecution--China--History--20th century.

Political persecution.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.

China.

China--Politics and government--1949-1976.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Why did the Chinese Communist Party state collapse so rapidly during the Cultural Revolution? Consulting over 2,000 local annals chronicling some 34,000 revolutionary episodes across China, Andrew Walder offers a new answer, showing how the army, brought in to quiet brewing rebellions, escalated the violence that took nearly 1.6 million lives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

1. An Enigmatic Upheaval

2. Mobilizing a Nation

3. The Pace of Rebel Insurgencies

4. The Implosion of the Party-State

5. The Formation of Factions

6. The Emergence of Factional Warfare

7. The Dynamics of Regional Escalation

8. Repression Unleashed

9. Final Observations

Appendix. Local Annals Data Set

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780674243644

0674243641

9780674243637

0674243633

OCLC:

1120781893