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The cultural revolution : a people's history, 1962-1976

By: Dikt̲ter, Frank [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: UK : Bloomsbury , 2016Description: xxvii, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781632864239.Other title: People's history, 1962-1976.Subject(s): -- Personal narratives | -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 | -- China | -- History | China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 | China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- AtrocitiesDDC classification: 323 Also issued online.
Contents:
Part One. The Early Years (1962-1966) -- Two Dictators -- Never Forget Class Struggle -- War on the Cultural Front -- Clique of Four -- Part Two. The Red Years (1966-1968) -- Poster Wars -- Red August -- Destroying the Old World -- Mao Cult -- Linking Up -- Rebels And Royalists -- Enter the Army -- The Arms Race -- Quenching The Fires -- Part Three. The Black Years (1968-1971) -- Cleansing the Ranks -- Up the Mountains, Down to the Villages -- Preparing for War -- Learning From Dazhai -- More Purges -- Fall of an Heir Part Four. The Grey Years (1971-1976) -- Recovery -- The Silent Revolution -- The Second Society -- Reversals -- Aftermath
Summary: "In 1966 an ageing Mao launched an ambitious scheme to consolidate his legacy, unleashing Red Guards against all remnants of old culture. Soon rival factions were fighting each other in the streets with semi-automatic weapons in the name of revolutionary purity. The military intervened, turning the country into a garrison state marked by bloody purges that crushed as many as one in fifty people. But after the army itself fell victim to the Cultural Revolution, ordinary villagers saw an opportunity to undermine the planned economy and resurrect the market - and thereby quietly bury Maoism. Written with unprecedented access to previously classified party documents, from secret police reports to unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, this third chapter in Frank Dikotter's extraordinarily lucid and ground-breaking 'People's Trilogy' is a devastating reassessment of the history of the People's Republic of China."-Book cover.
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Originally published: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. The Early Years (1962-1966) -- Two Dictators -- Never Forget Class Struggle -- War on the Cultural Front -- Clique of Four -- Part Two. The Red Years (1966-1968) -- Poster Wars -- Red August -- Destroying the Old World -- Mao Cult -- Linking Up -- Rebels And Royalists -- Enter the Army -- The Arms Race -- Quenching The Fires -- Part Three. The Black Years (1968-1971) -- Cleansing the Ranks -- Up the Mountains, Down to the Villages -- Preparing for War -- Learning From Dazhai -- More Purges -- Fall of an Heir Part Four. The Grey Years (1971-1976) -- Recovery -- The Silent Revolution -- The Second Society -- Reversals -- Aftermath

"In 1966 an ageing Mao launched an ambitious scheme to consolidate his legacy, unleashing Red Guards against all remnants of old culture. Soon rival factions were fighting each other in the streets with semi-automatic weapons in the name of revolutionary purity. The military intervened, turning the country into a garrison state marked by bloody purges that crushed as many as one in fifty people. But after the army itself fell victim to the Cultural Revolution, ordinary villagers saw an opportunity to undermine the planned economy and resurrect the market - and thereby quietly bury Maoism. Written with unprecedented access to previously classified party documents, from secret police reports to unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, this third chapter in Frank Dikotter's extraordinarily lucid and ground-breaking 'People's Trilogy' is a devastating reassessment of the history of the People's Republic of China."-Book cover.

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