TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wemheuer,Felix
TI  - Social history of Maoist China : conflict and change, 1949-1976 
T2  - New approaches to Asian history
SN  - 9781107565500 
AV  - HN733.5 .W46 2017
U1  - 306.0951 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge 
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - China
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1949-1976
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
N2  - "When the Chinese communists came into power in 1949, they promised to "turn society upside down". Efforts to build a communist society created hopes and dreams, coupled with fear and disillusionment. The Chinese people made great efforts towards modernization and social change in this period of transition, but they also experienced traumatic setbacks. Covering the period 1949 to 1976 and then tracing the legacy of the Mao era through the 1980s, Felix Wemheuer focuses on questions of class, gender, ethnicity and the urban-rural divide in this new social history of Maoist China. He analyzes the experiences of a range of social groups under Communist rule - workers, peasants, local cadres, intellectuals, "ethnic minorities", the old elites, men and women. To understand this tumultuous period, he argues, we must recognize the many complex challenges facing the People's Republic. But we must not lose sight of the human suffering and political terror that, for many now ageing quietly across China, remain the period's abiding memory."--Provided by publisher
ER  -