Access to History the People's Republic of China 1949-76

Name: Access to History the People's Republic of China 1949-76
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ISBN: 9780340929278

ISBN-10: 0340929278

ISBN-13: 9780340929278

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Michael Lynch, Michael J. Lynch

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This edition has been revised and updated to reflect the needs of the current specifications. It charts China's remarkable and tumultuous development from the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949 to Mao's death in 1976.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Hodder Education Group
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 9.50" wide x 6.60" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.880

Michael Lynchis professor in the Science & Technology Studies Department at Cornell University.Simon Coleis the author ofSuspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification.Ruth McNallyis a senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics at Lancaster University.Kathleen Jordanhas a Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University and is currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design.



Dedication



Introduction: China Under Mao 1949-76



China Before 1949



Mao's Career Before 1949



The Reshaping of China under Mao 1949-76



Mao's China and the Historians



The Early Years of the PRC 1949-57



The Consolidation of Communist Power 1949-57



China and the Korean War 1950-3



The Economy: The First Five-Year Plan 1952-6



The Hundred Flowers Campaign 1957



The Key Debate


Study Guide



The Great Leap Forward 1958-62



Introduction



The Reform of Industry



The Reform of Agriculture



China's Great Famine 1958-62


Study Guide



The Cultural Revolution 1966-76



The Prelude to the Cultural Revolution: The Power Struggle 1962-6



The Cultural Revolution 1966-76



The End of the Mao Era


Study Guide



Life in Mao's China 1949-76



Religion in the PRC



The Status of Women and the Family



The Reshaping of Chinese Culture



Education and Health



Mao's Prison Camps: The Laogai


Study Guide



Mao's China and International Relations



China's International Relations under Mao



Mao's China and the Soviet Union



The PRC and the United States



China After Mao: The Deng Revolution 1978-97



The Abandonment of Maoism



Deng's Economic Reforms



The Pro-democracy Movement 1979-89


Glossary


Glossary of names


Index