The Transformation of Rural China.
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- computer
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- 9781315292038
- 307.72/0951
- HN733.5 \.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I-The Countryside Under Mao -- Chapter 1 State Power and the Villages -- Chapter 2 The Rural "Class" System in the Mao Era -- Chapter 3 The Cultural Revolution in the Villages -- Chapter 4 Ideology and the Rural Work Community: The Utopian Dream and Its Demise -- II-The Post-Mao Countryside -- Chapter 5 Disbanding Collective Agriculture -- Chapter 6 Leaving the Villages -- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Private Entrepreneurship and New Classes -- Chapter 8 Local Governments and Private Enterprise: A Case Study -- Chapter 9 Poverty in the Rural Hinterlands: The Conundrums of Underdevelopment -- Chapter 10 The Kaleidoscopic Politics of Rural China -- Chapter 11 Assessing the Post-Mao Period -- A Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Here, Professor Unger presents a vivid picture of life in rural areas during the Maoist revolution,and then after the post-Mao disbandment of the collectives. A story of unexpected continuities amidst great change, Unger describes how rural administrations retain Maoist characteristics.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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