Report from Xunwu / Mao Zedong ; translated, and with an introduction and notes, by Roger R. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mao, Zedong, author.

Contributor:

Thompson, Roger R., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xunwu Xian (Jiangxi, China)--Rural conditions.

Xunwu Xian (Jiangxi, China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 1990.

Summary:

Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. An extraordinary document that far exceeds in scope and depth Mao's other investigative reports on rural China. The report is a rich source of information on rural administration, commerce, transportation, communication, education, land tenure, taxation, religion, diverse social relations and practices and struggle in one obscure area that was a microcosm of China. Thompson has translated and presented Mao's report with extensive notes. The book is designed to welcome non-specialists, and it will be welcomed by those interested in the Chinese countryside, comparative revolution, and historical anthropology. Because Mao's report on Xunwu was part of a revolutionary program, the report raises complex questions about academic and activist readings of social realities.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

A Ghost of a House

A Pair of Gold Candlesticks

The Small Gray Shed

A Stranger in Town

A Voice in the Night

Tire Tracks in the Grass

All the Candy She Could Eat

A Clue and a Plan

Setting the Trap

Only Two Words

Locked In

Through the Speaking Tube

The Secret of Morgan's Green

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5036-2168-5

OCLC:

1294424579