Mao's China and After (2024)

Maurice Meisner

Simon and Schuster, 1999 - - 587 pages

Western imperialism and the weakness of Chinese social classes -- The defection of the intellectuals -- The abortiveness of bourgeois and proletarian revolution -- The Maoist revolution and the Yan'an legacy -- The new state -- The cities: the rise and fall of national capitalism -- Land reform: the bourgeois revolution in the countryside -- The social and political consequences of industrialization -- Agricultural collectivization, 1953-1957 -- The hundred flowers: socialism, bureaucracy, and freedom -- Permanent revolution: the ideological origins of the Great Leap -- Economics of the Great Leap Forward -- The people's communes and the "transition to communism": 1958-1960 -- The bureaucratic restoration -- The new economics policy, 1961-1965 -- The socialist education movement, 1962-1965 -- The concept of cultural revolution -- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969 -- Social results of the Cultural Revolution -- The aftermath of the cultural revolution and the close of the Maoist era, 1969-1976 -- The legacies of the Maoist era -- The rise of Deng Xiaoping and the critique of Maoism -- Market reforms and the development of capitalism -- The struggle for democracy -- The end of the reign of Deng Xiaoping: China in the 1990s

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Contents

Western Imperialism and the Weakness of Chinese Social Classes

3

The Defection of the Intellectuals

10

The Abortiveness of Bourgeois and Proletarian Revolution

20

The Maoist Revolution and the Yman Legacy

31

THE NEW ORDER 19491955

53

The New State

55

The Rise and Fall of National Capitalism

75

The Bourgeois Revolution in the Countryside

90

The New Economic Policy 19611965

260

The Socialist Education Movement 19621965

273

THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH 19661976

289

The Concept of Cultural Revolution

291

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 19661969

312

Social Results of the Cultural Revolution

352

The Aftermath of the Cultural Revolution and the Close of the Maoist Era 19691976

376

DENG XIAOPING AND THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE CAPITALISM 19761998

411

The Social and Political Consequences of Industrialization

103

Agricultural Collectivization 19531957

129

UTOPIANISM 19561960

153

Socialism Bureaucracy and Freedom

155

The Ideological Origins of the Great Leap

191

Economics of the Great Leap Forward

204

19581960

214

THE THERMIDORIAN REACTION 19601965

243

The Bureaucratic Restoration

245

The Legacies of the Maoist Era

413

The Rise of Deng Xiaoping and the Critique of Maoism

427

Market Reforms and the Development of Capitalism

449

The Struggle for Democracy

483

China in the 1990s

514

Selected Bibliography

549

Index

569

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About the author(1999)

Maurice Meisner is the Harvey Goldberg Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Visiting Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. His writings, which have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, include Li Ta-chao and the Origins of Chinese Marxism; Marxism, Maoism and Utopianism; and many other works on modern Chinese history.

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TitleMao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition
Transformation of modern China series
AuthorMaurice Meisner
Editionillustrated
PublisherSimon and Schuster, 1999
ISBN0684856352, 9780684856353
Length587 pages
Subjects

History

Asia

China


History / Asia / China
History / General
History / World

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