The rustication of urban youth in China : a social experiment / edited by Peter J. Seybolt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seybolt, Peter J.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge Revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--China.

Youth.

Forced migration--China.

Forced migration.

Urban-rural migration--Government policy--China.

Urban-rural migration.

China--Intellectual life.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

In the 1960s and 70s, the government of China conducted a rather unusual social experiment called 'Up to the mountains and down to the village' which sent urban youths to the countryside in an attempt to reverse the flow of the rural population migrating to towns and cities as was generally occurring in other parts of the world at that time. Originally published in 1975, Seybolt draws together a compilation of documents discussing the project which sent roughly 12 million urban youths to settle in the countryside in the years 1968-1975 alone. The documents discuss issues such as university, love and marriage as well as the details of the experiment. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology and Asian studies.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; HAVE A WARM CONCERN FOR THE GROWTH OF EDUCATED YOUTHS GOING DOWN TO THE COUNTRYSIDE; 1. Make Progress in Doing a Good Job with Educated Youths Who Have Gone up to the Mountains and down to the Countryside; 2. The Great Task of Cultivating Successors to the Proletarian Revolutionary Cause; 3. The Placement Is Good, the Education Is Good, the Utilization Is Good; 4. Erh-shih-chia-tzu Commune Is Doing a Good Job with Educated Youths Who Have Gone down to the Countryside

5. Hung-ch'i Brigade Is Concerned about All Aspects of the Growth of Educated Youths Who Have Gone down to the Countryside6. Full Enthusiasm, Careful Work; 7. How We Cultivated the Growth of Hou Chün under the Leadership of the Party; 8. Consolidate and Develop the Great Achievements of Educated Youths Who Have Gone up to the Mountains and down to the Countryside; 9. Important Content of the Revolution in Education; 10. As the Party Nurtured Me, So Will I Nurture the Educated Youths; 11. Teaching by Word and Deed, Lead the New Troops Well

12. On the Question of Teaching Our Sons and Daughters to Go down to the Countryside to Engage in Agriculture13. The Deputy Commander Teaches His Daughter to Engage in Agriculture; Appendix; A Thought-Provoking Test Answer Sheet; Report on an Application to Leave the University; The Older Generation Fought to Make Revolution, We Must Also Make Revolution; A Very Good Model; Consolidate and Develop the Achievements in up to the Mountains and down to the Countryside; Twelve Million Educated Youths Gloriously Engage in Agriculture

Have a Warm Concern for the Growth of Married Educated Youths Who Have Gone down to the CountrysideFully Develop the Role of Educated Youths in the Movement to Learn from Tachai in Agriculture; With Class Struggle as the Key Link, Strive to Do a Good Job with Educated Youths; Glossary; About the Contributors

Notes:

First published in 1975 by M.E. Sharpe Inc.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 14, 2016).

ISBN:

1-317-27631-0

1-315-64020-1

1-317-27630-2

9781315640204

OCLC:

933433191