The Cultural Revolution: A People's History 19621976 Paperback English by Frank Dikotter - 42892
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| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| ISBN 13 | 9781632864239 |
| ISBN 10 | 1632864231 |
| Book Subtitle | A People's History 1962―1976 |
| Book Description | The concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikoetter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China. After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958-1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy. The Cultural Revolution's goal was to purge the country of bourgeois, capitalistic elements he claimed were threatening genuine communist ideology. Young students formed the Red Guards, vowing to defend the Chairman to the death, but soon rival factions started fighting each other in the streets with semiautomatic weapons in the name of revolutionary purity. As the country descended into chaos, the military intervened, turning China into a garrison state marked by bloody purges that crushed as many as one in fifty people. The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976 draws for the first time on hundreds of previously classified party documents, from secret police reports to unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches. After the army itself fell victim to the Cultural Revolution, ordinary people used the political chaos to resurrect the market and hollow out the party's ideology. By showing how economic reform from below was an unintended consequence of a decade of violent purges and entrenched fear, The Cultural Revolution casts China's most tumultuous era in a wholly new light. |
| Editorial Review | "A fine, sharp study of this tumultuous, elusive era . . . [An] excellent follow-up to his groundbreaking previous work . . . Dikoetter tells a harrowing tale of unbelievable suffering. A potent combination of precise history and moving examples." - starred review, Kirkus Reviews "If [The Cultural Revolution] were widely circulated in China, it could undermine the legitimacy of the current regime . . . This book is a significant event in our understanding of modern China." - New York Times Book Review "Richly documented . . . Dikoetter paints a chilling picture." - Publishers Weekly "For those who have swallowed the poisonous claim that the Communist Party deserves some credit for China's current patchy prosperity, Mr. Dikoetter provides the antidote." - Wall Street Journal "Dikoetter's well-researched and readable new book on the Cultural Revolution's causes and consequences is a crucial reminder of the tragedies, miscalculations and human costs of Mao's last experiment." - The Guardian "A fascinating account of how people twisted or resisted the aims of Mao's movement ****" - Daily Telegraph "The murderous frenzy of the times, which tore apart friends and families, not to speak of the Communist party itself, is powerfully conveyed." - Book of the Week, The Times "Definitive and harrowing." - Book of the Week, Daily Mail |
| About the Author | Frank Dikoetter is chair professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong. Before moving to Asia in 2006, he was professor of the modern history of China at the University of London. He has published ten books about the history of China, including Mao's Great Famine, which won the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2011, and The Tragedy of Liberation, which was short-listed for the George Orwell Prize. He lives in Hong Kong. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Frank Dikotter |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 42892 |
| Number of Pages | 432 |
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History 19621976 Paperback English by Frank Dikotter - 42892
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