The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History / ed. by Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz, Andrew G. Walder.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Brown, Jeremy, Contributor.
• Esherick, Joseph W., Contributor.
• Esherick, Joseph W., Editor.
• He, Jiangsui, Contributor.
• Ho, Dahpon David, Contributor.
• Pickowicz, Paul G., Contributor.
• Pickowicz, Paul G., Editor.
• Qin, Liyan, Contributor.
• Schmalzer, Sigrid, Contributor.
• Su, Yang, Contributor.
• Walder, Andrew G., Contributor.
• Walder, Andrew G., Editor.
• Zhang, Elya J., Contributor.
• Zheng, Xiaowei, Contributor.

Series:

• Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.) : 6 tables, 3 figures, 4 illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Based on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76) and shows how the Cultural Revolution was experienced by ordinary Chinese at the base of urban and rural society. The contributors emphasize the complex interaction of state and society during this tumultuous period, exploring the way events originating at the center of political power changed people's lives and how, in turn, people's responses took the Cultural Revolution in unplanned and unanticipated directions. This approach offers a more fruitful way to understand the Cultural Revolution and its historical legacies. The book provides a new look at the student Red Guard movements, the effort to identify and cultivate potential “revolutionary” leaders in outlying provinces, stubborn resistance to campaigns to destroy the old culture, and the violence and mass killings in rural China.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• ONE The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History: An Introduction
• TWO Passion, Reflection, and Survival: Political Choices of Red Guards at Qinghua University, June 1966-}uly 1968
• THREE To Protect and Preserve: Resisting the Destroy the Four Olds Campaign, 1966-1967
• FOUR Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution: A Study of Three Provinces
• FIVE The Death of a Landlord: Moral Predicament in Rural China, 1968-1969
• SIX Staging Xiaojinzhuang: The City in the Countryside, 1974-1976
• SEVEN Labor Created Humanity: Cultural Revolution Science on Its Own Terms
• EIGHT To Be Somebody: Li Qinglin, Run-of-the-Mill Cultural Revolution Showstopper
• NINE The Sublime and the Profane: A Comparative Analysis of Two Fictional Narratives about Sent-down Youth
• Contributors
• Character List
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

0-8047-6798-X