The world turned upside down : a history of the Chinese Cultural Revolution /
As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) marked the zenith as well as the nadir of Mao Zedong's ultra-leftist politics. Reacting in part to the Soviet Union's "re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) marked the zenith as well as the nadir of Mao Zedong's ultra-leftist politics. Reacting in part to the Soviet Union's "revisionism" that he regarded as a threat to the future of socialism, Mao mobilized the masses in a battle against what he called "bourgeois" forces within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This ten-year-long class struggle on a massive scale devastated traditional Chinese culture as well as the nation's economy. Yang makes a crucial contribution to understanding those years' lasting influence today. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Chinese by Cosmos Books, Hong Kong, 2016. |
| Physical Description: | xlii, 722 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780374293130 0374293139 |