LEADER 04681nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910786172903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-72522-0 010 $a0-674-03365-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674033658 035 $a(CKB)2670000000319430 035 $a(EBL)3301176 035 $a(OCoLC)923119103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000949365 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11521838 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949365 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10996403 035 $a(PQKB)11041042 035 $a(DE-B1597)457569 035 $a(OCoLC)1049641347 035 $a(OCoLC)1054881671 035 $a(OCoLC)979746338 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674033658 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301176 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10638809 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301176 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000319430 100 $a20070403d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDilemmas of victory$b[electronic resource] $ethe early years of the People's Republic of China /$fedited by Jeremy Brown, Paul G. Pickowicz 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-04702-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-443) and index. 327 $tThe early years of the People's Republic of China : an introduction /$rJeremy Brown and Paul G. Pickowicz --$gpt. I : Urban takeover --$t"Clean-up" : the new order in Shanghai /$rFrederic Wakeman, Jr. --$tMasters of the country? Shanghai workers in the early People's Republic /$rElizabeth J. Perry --$tNew democracy and the demise of private charity in Shanghai /$rNara Dillon --$gpt. II : Occupying the periphery --$tFrom resisting communists to resisting America : civil war and Korean war in southwest China, 1950-51 /$rJeremy Brown --$tThe Chinese communist "liberation" of Tibet, 1949-51 /$rChen Jian --$tBig brother is watching : local Sino-Soviet relations and the building of new Dalian, 1945-55 /$rChristian Hess --$tThe call of the oases : the "peaceful liberation" of Xinjiang, 1949-53 /$rJames Z. Gao --$gpt. III : The culture of accommodation --$tThe crocodile bird : Xiangsheng in the early 1950s /$rPerry Link --$t"The very first lesson" : teaching about human evolution in early 1950s China /$rSigrid Schmalzer --$tActing like revolutionaries : Shi Hui, the Wenhua studio, and private-sector filmmaking, 1949-52 /$rPaul G. Pickowicz --$tCreating "New China's first new-style regular university," 1949-50 /$rDouglas A. Stiffler --$gpt. IV : Family strategies --$tThe Ye family in New China /$rJoseph W. Esherick --$tBirthing stories : rural midwives in 1950s China /$rGail Hershatter --$tCapitalists choosing communist China : the Liu family of Shanghai, 1948-56 /$rSherman Cochran. 330 $aThis illuminating work examines the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China. Instead of dwelling on elite politics and policy-making processes, Dilemmas of Victory seeks to understand how the 1949-1953 period was experienced by various groups, including industrialists, filmmakers, ethnic minorities, educators, rural midwives, philanthropists, stand-up comics, and scientists. A stellar group of authors that includes Frederic Wakeman, Elizabeth Perry, Sherman Cochran, Perry Link, Joseph Esherick, and Chen Jian shows that the Communists sometimes achieved a remarkably smooth takeover, yet at other times appeared shockingly incompetent. Shanghai and Beijing experienced it in ways that differed dramatically from Xinjiang, Tibet, and Dalian. Out of necessity, the new regime often showed restraint and flexibility, courting the influential and educated. Furthermore, many policies of the old Nationalist regime were quietly embraced by the new Communist rulers. Based on previously unseen archival documents as well as oral histories, these lively, readable essays provide the fullest picture to date of the early years of the People's Republic, which were far more pluralistic, diverse, and hopeful than the Maoist decades that followed. 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / China$2bisacsh 607 $aChina$xHistory$y1949-1976 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / China. 676 $a951.05/5 686 $aNQ 9030$2rvk 701 $aBrown$b Jeremy$f1976-$01481055 701 $aPickowicz$b Paul$0283754 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786172903321 996 $aDilemmas of victory$93697876 997 $aUNINA