Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class, Paperback - Joel Andreas

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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...

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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:...

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...

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The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standard...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): David Paul (Journalist) KuhnNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 233 x 24Co...

Jan Eric Johnson's autobiography set during the turbulent Vietnam and Civil Rights era is a reveling look into the real life adventures and challen...

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How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the...

The far right is on the rise. The rhetoric of anger and resentment emanating from personalities like Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, Rodrigo Duterte a...

Chris Ogden argues that, as the world capitulates to China's preferred authoritarian order, other world powers are moving to this as a dominant glo...

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Reducere. DescriptionCombining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-pow...

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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical ...

DescriptionMaris Boyd Gillette's groundbreaking study tells the story of Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, from its origins in 1004 in Song dy...

Reducere. DescriptionMao Zedong's land reform campaigns comprise a critical moment in modern Chinese history, and were crucial to the rise of the CCP. In Lan...

Sebastian Veg explores the rise of minjian-unofficial, unaffiliated, and among the people-intellectuals and how they have profoundly transformed Ch...

A Third Way tells the story of Deng Xiaoping's experimentation with export-led development inspired by Lenin's New Economic Policy and the economic...

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Publisher: Lotus PressAuthor(s): Mas VidalPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farmecul lect...

DescriptionWho are the new Chinese intellectuals? In the wake of the crackdown on the 1989 democracy movement and the rapid marketization of the 19...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ethan W. RisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 27Cover type: Pa...

Chinese Communists have long embraced capitalism, for various reasons. In the 1930s Communists made deals with foreign capitalists to finance the r...

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