Negotiating Socialism in Rural China: Mao, Peasants, and Local Cadres in Shanxi, 1949-1953 - Couverture rigide

Hou, Xiaojia

 
9781939161598: Negotiating Socialism in Rural China: Mao, Peasants, and Local Cadres in Shanxi, 1949-1953

Synopsis

This is the first monograph in English on how China's agricultural collectivization began. In 1953, the Chinese Communist Party launched a system of agricultural collectivization to lean the countryside toward socialism. It led to the Utopian Commune Movement in 1958 and was followed by the worst famine in human history. Surprisingly, however, its beginnings are poorly understood and often regarded as Mao Zedong's imposition from above. This book challenges the conventional wisdom and explores how the national policy emerged from complex bureaucratic interactions among central, regional, local governments, and peasants.

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À propos de l?auteur

Xiaojia Hou is currently assistant professor in the Department of History, San Jose State University.

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9781939161796: Negotiating Socialism in Rural China: Mao, Peasants, and Local Cadres in Shanxi, 1949-1953

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ISBN 10 :  1939161797 ISBN 13 :  9781939161796
Editeur : Cornell University East Asia Pro..., 2018
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