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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798254003321

Autore

Goodman David S. G.

Titolo

Social and political change in revolutionary China : the Taihang Base area in the War of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945 / / David S.G. Goodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2000]

©2000

ISBN

1-4616-4338-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

World social change

Disciplina

303.4/0951

Soggetti

Social change - China - Taihang Mountains

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Taihang Mountains (China) Social conditions

Taihang Mountains (China) Politics and government

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 (pages 275-330) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social And Political Change In Revolutionary China ; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Chronology: The Taihang Base Area, 1937-1945 ; Maps; Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region, 1945; Liaoxian (Zuoquan) County; Wuxiang County; Licheng County; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Revolutionary Process; PART I: POLITICAL ORDER; 1. Base Area and Border Region; 2. Liaoxian: The Administrative Center; 3. Wuxiang: Military Affairs and Mobilization; 4. Licheng: Food and Factories; PART II: SOCIAL REFORM; 5. The Revolutionary Imperative; 6. Liaoxian: Land and Social Reform

7. Wuxiang: Radical Politics and Revolutionary Conflict8. Licheng: Resistance and Rebellion; Conclusion: Revolution in Southeast Shanxi; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This history provides the first book-length study and the first county-level analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan. David S. G. Goodman explores revolution as process, arguing that the CCP was successful because of its management of revolutionary incrementalism. In particular, he examines the roles and interactions of urban



intellectuals, teachers, and peasant small-holders as agents of change. Based on newly available documents and interviews, this meticulously researched work deepens our understanding of the so