The cultural revolution : a people's history, 1962-1976 / Frank Dikötter.
The cultural revolution : a people's history, 1962-1976 / Frank Dikötter.
The cultural revolution : a people's history, 1962-1976 / Frank Dikötter.
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New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
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G 2016/1721
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English
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Physical content
xxv, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
pt. One The Early Years (1962--1966) -- 1.Two Dictators -- 2.Never Forget Class Struggle -- 3.War on the Cultural Front -- 4.Clique of Four -- pt. Two The Red Years (1966--1968) -- 5.Poster Wars -- 6.Red August -- 7.Destroying the Old World -- 8.Mao Cult -- 9.Linking Up -- 10.Rebels and Royalists --...
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"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 stated goal of the Cultural Revolution was to purge the country of bourgeois, capitalistic elements he...
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The cultural revolution : a people's history, 1962-1976 / Frank Dikötter.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Frank Dikötter 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 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published nine books about the history of China, including Mao's Great Famine, which won the BBC Samuel Johnson Pr...
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G 2016/1721
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74VKVP0MXozy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP0MXozy
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ISBN
9781632864215
1632864215
DDC
951.056
MMS ID
991023996118502626
