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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777831303321

Autore

Friedman Edward <1937->

Titolo

Revolution, resistance, and reform in village China / / Edward Friedman, Paul G. Pickowicz, Mark Selden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

9780300133233

9780300108965

9780300125955

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Agrarian studies series

Disciplina

307.72/0951/52

Soggetti

Communism and agriculture - China - Hebei Sheng

Government, Resistance to - China - Hebei Sheng

Hebei Sheng (China) Rural conditions

China Rural conditions

China Politics and government 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 PRELUDE -- 2 BACK FROM THE BRINK -- 3 MEMORY AND MYTH -- 4 SOCIALIST EDUCATION -- 5 A WHIFF -- 6 RIDING HIGH -- 7 THE STENCH -- 8 WHATEVER CHAIRMAN MAO SAYS -- 9 WAR COMMUNISM -- 10 SPROUTS OF REFORM -- 11 STALEMATE -- 12 TREMORS -- 13 EARTHQUAKES -- 14 REFORM -- 15 REFORM AND ITS DISCONTENTS -- APPENDIX OF TABLES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on more than a quarter century of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state from the 1960's to the start of the twenty-first century. The authors provide a vivid portrait of how resilient villagers struggle to survive and prosper in the face of state power in two epochs of revolution and reform. Highlighting the importance of intra-rural resistance and rural-urban conflicts to Chinese politics and society in the Great Leap and Cultural Revolution, the authors go on to depict the dynamic changes that have transformed



village China in the post-Mao era. This book continues the dramatic story in the authors' prizewinning Chinese Village, Socialist State. Plumbing previously untapped sources, including interviews, archival materials, village records and unpublished memoirs, diaries and letters, the authors capture the struggles, pains and achievements of villagers across three generations of social upheaval.