The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (The a to Z Guide Series) - Couverture souple

Jian, Guo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810868709 ISBN 13 : 9780810868700

Editeur : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China started in 1966 and lasted about a decade. This revolutionary upsurge of Chinese students and workers, led by Mao Zedong, wreaked havoc in the world's most populous country, often turning things upside down and undermining the party, government, and army while simultaneously weakening the economy, society, and culture. Tens of millions of people were killed, injured, or imprisoned during this period and relatively few benefited, aside from Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four, the group that would eventually receive the blame for the events of the Cultural Revolution. Given the turbulence and confusion, it is hard to know just what happened. The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution tackles this task. First, in an extensive chronology, which traces the events from year to year and month to month, then in an introduction puts these events in context and helps to explain them. But most importantly, the bulk of the information is provided in a dictionary section with numerous crossreferenced entries on important persons, places, institutions, and movements. A bibliography points to further sources of information and a glossary will help those researching in Chinese.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Guo Jian is professor of English and Chinese at the University of WisconsinWhitewater. Yongyi Song is on the library faculty at California State University, Los Angeles. Yuan Zhou is the curator of the East Asian Library of the University of Chicago.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0810868709
• ISBN 13: 9780810868700
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 504