LEADER 03264nam 2200529 450 001 9910809947103321 005 20200123191821.0 010 $a988-237-751-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000004836432 035 $a(OCoLC)1042320193 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse69368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5435045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5435045 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004836432 100 $a20200123d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStalin and Mao $ea comparison of the Russian and Chinese revolutions /$fby Lucien Bianco ; translated from the French edition by Krystyna Horko 210 1$aHong Kong :$cChinese University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 448 pages)) 300 $aTranslation of: La recidive: Revolution russe, revolution chinoise. 311 $a988-237-065-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe laggards -- Catching up -- Politics -- The peasants -- Famines -- Bureaucracy -- Culture -- The camps -- Dictators. 330 $aChina's ascent to the rank of the world's second largest economic power has given its revolution a better image than that of its Russian counterpart. Yet the two have a great deal in common. Indeed, the Chinese revolution was a carbon copy of its predecessor, until Mao became aware, not so much of the failures of the Russian model, but of its inability to adapt to an overcrowded third-world country. Yet instead of correcting that model, Mao decided to go further and faster in the same direction. The aftershock of an earthquake may be weaker, but the Great Leap Forward of 1958 in China was far more destructive than the Great Turn of 1929 in the Soviet Union. It was conceived with an idealistic end but failed to take all the possibilities into account. China's development only took off after--and thanks to--Mao's death, once the country turned its back on the revolution. Lucien Bianco's original comparative study highlights the similarities: the all-powerful bureaucracy; the over-exploitation of the peasantry, which triggered two of the worst famines of the twentieth century; control over writers and artists; repression and labor camps. The comparison of Stalin and Mao that completes the picture, leads the author straight back to Lenin and he quotes the observation by a Chinese historian that, "If at all possible, it is best to avoid revolutions altogether." 606 $aRevolutions and socialism$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1917-1936 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1949-1976 607 $aChina$2fast 607 $aSoviet Union$2fast 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1917-1936$2nli 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1949-1976$2nli 615 0$aRevolutions and socialism$xHistory 676 $a320.53230951 700 $aBianco$b Lucien$0214988 702 $aHorko$b Krystyna 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809947103321 996 $aStalin and Mao$94108307 997 $aUNINA