The Chinese Communist Party

Herausgeber: Cheek, Timothy; de Ven, Hans van; Mühlhahn, Klaus

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Produktbeschreibung

Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chinese Communist Party. These essays reveal the Party's one-hundred year history, reflecting on power, setbacks, adaptability and change, and illuminating possible paths for China's future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781108842778
• ISBN-10: 1108842771
• Artikelnr.: 60403417

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Telling the story of the Chinese Communist Party
1. 1920s: a Dutchman's fantasy: Henricus Sneevliet's united front for the Chinese Communist Party Tony Saich
2. 1930s: Wang Ming's Wuhan moment: a brief flowering of popular front communism Hans J. van de Ven
3. 1940s: Wang Shiwei's rectification: intellectuals and the party in yan'an Timothy Cheek
4. 1950s: from fallen star to red star: Shangguan Yunzhu Zhang Jishun
5. 1960s: Wang Guangmei and peach garden experience Elizabeth J. Perry
6. 1970s: The death of Mao and life of Chairman Gonzalo Julia Lovell
7. 1980s: Zhao Ziyang and the voices of reform Klaus Mühlhahn
8. 1990s: Wang Yuanhua: a party intellectual reflects Xu Jilin
9. 2000s: Jiang Zemin and the naughty Auties Jeremy Goldkorn
10.2010s: Guo Meimei: the story of a young netizen portends a political throwback Guobin Yang
Afterword. The party and the world Philip Bowring
Index.