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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466082203321

Autore

Li Hua-Yu

Titolo

Mao and the economic Stalinization of China, 1948-1953 / / Hua-Yu Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-4616-3910-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

The Harvard Cold War studies book series

Disciplina

330.951/055

Soggetti

Marxian economics

Electronic books.

China Economic policy 1912-1949

China Economic policy 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

The historical background and contemporary setting -- Mao, Stalin, and transforming China's economy: 1948-1952 -- Stalin's short course and Mao's socialist economic transformation of China in the early 1950s -- Mao's formulation of the general line for socialist transition: October 1952-September 1953 -- Mao's general line for socialist transition, October-December 1953 -- Conclusion: Mao, Stalin, and China's road to socialism.

Sommario/riassunto

In the first systematic study of its kind, Hua-yu Li explains why, in 1953, Mao suddenly changed direction in economic policy and launched China on a Stalinist road to socialism. In so doing, he profoundly changed the country's economic and political landscape. Including rich archival materials recently released from China and Russia, this book carefully examines Mao's ideological orientation and his relationship with Stalin. Li argues that Mao made this policy shift for two reasons: his commitment to Stalin's ideas as expressed in an influential historical text compiled under Stalin's guidanc