Accidental holy land : the Communist revolution in northwest China /

Yan'an is China's 'revolutionary holy land,' the heart of Mao Zedong's Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick's book examines the origins of the Communis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Esherick, Joseph (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Communism > China > Shan Gan Ning Bian Qu. Communism > China, Northwest > History > 20th century. Revolutions > China > History > 20th century. Shan Gan Ning Bian Qu (China) > History.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Frontier foundations for revolution
Shaanxi's early Communist movement
Bandits and Bolsheviks
The rocky road to revolution
Accidental holy land
Dawn of the Yan'an era
Conclusion.