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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461713103321

Autore

Harris Nigel <1935->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 1978

©1978

ISBN

1-60846-510-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

International Socialism Series

Disciplina

951.05

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China History 1949-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

The essential Marxist history of China under Mao.