Chen Village under Mao and Deng

Name: Chen Village under Mao and Deng
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ISBN: 9780520081093

ISBN-10: 0520081099

ISBN-13: 9780520081093

Edition: 2nd 1992 (Revised)

Authors: Anita Chan, Richard Madsen, Jonathan Unger

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Chen Village, the enthralling account of a Chinese village in the throes of the Maoist revolution, has become a modern classic. Now the authors have returned to Chen Village to bring the village's tumultuous story up to the nineties. Chen Village Under Mao and Deng includes not only the bulk of the original text of Chen Village, but also three new chapters on village life under Deng: gripping descriptions of the village leader's purge, the rapid industrialization of the district, an alienated "lost generation" of young peasants, and the new village officials' legal and illegal efforts at self-enrichment. Readers who enjoyed Chen Village will be doubly fascinated by the ironic twists and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/29/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 345
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Chen Village and Its Leaders



The Big Four Cleanups



Studying Chairman Mao



The Cultural Revolution



The Cleansing of the Class Ranks



A Leftward Lurch and a Solid Footing



The Great Betrothal Dispute



Plunging into a New Decade



The Troubled Seventies



The New Era



The Midas Touch



Entrepreneurs and Gamblers


Other Writings on Chen Village


Index