Decade of Upheaval. The Cultural Revolution in Rural China, Paperback - Andrew G. Walder

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China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was...

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Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Chenxin JiangNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 19Cover type:...

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Left-behind children in rural China - Ye Jingzhong, James Murray, Wang Yihuan

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Publisher: PicadorAuthor(s): Yang JishengTranslator: Guo JianNumber of pages: 768Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 36Cover type: Paperb...

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

China's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to...

Editie in limba engleza Content: PART I. Left-Behind Children in Mid-West China Chapter 1.Impact Study of Rural Labor Migration PART II. Left-Behin...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cultural Revolution, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Cultur...

Reducere. The Unknown Cultural Revolution challenges the established narrative of China's Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great social...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Michael MarderNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 146 x 223 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

This lively anthology explores the impact of the art, images and ideas associated with Maoism on artistic practices around the world from 1945 to t...

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

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Focusing on the influence of Maoist ideology and masculinist power on the representations of women in revolutionary opera films made during the Cul...

This work examines health, defined in its broadest meaning, in rural China today. It explores the current social distribution of health status, hea...

This lively anthology explores the impact of the art, images and ideas associated with Maoism on artistic practices around the world from 1945 to t...

Providing historical insights essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this text explores the events that lead to the rise of communis...

Reducere. The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, including Mao's widow and her Gang of Four, was the signal event in China's post-Mao transition. In its w...

Reducere. In this stunning, lyrical memoir that includes a curriculum guide, author Chun Yu recalls the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a...

The definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Illustrations: 1 Graph, 5 Tables, and 1 Map in Text / Note...

Reducere. When Red Guards arrived in Tibet in 1966, intent on creating a classless society, they unleashed a decade of revolutionary violence, political rall...

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Reducere. Mao and his policies have long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As Chin...

DescriptionPower and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes ho...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Lei X. OuyangIllustration(s): 13 black & white photographs, 13 music examples, 13 tables, glossar...

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Educational institutions have been a crucial state apparatus in shaping the cultural identity and ideology of ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malay...

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China's 1911 Revolution was a momentous political transformation. Its leaders, however, were not rebellious troublemakers on the periphery of imper...

Models of Nature studies the early and turbulent years of the Soviet conservation movement from the October Revolution to the mid-1930s--Lenin's ru...

A brand new edition of a bestselling title, updated for the newest Higher English (for CfE) syllabus.

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A history of English Church music from one of its leading scholars and proponents. This compelling account traces English Church music from Anglo-S...

A supportive and practical guide to coping with adultery and saving a relationship. This explains the seven stages that couples move through from d...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Joseph W. EsherickIllustration(s): 6 color illustrations; 11 maps; 2 tablesNumber of pages: 346...