Based on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76) and shows how the Cultural Revolution was experienced by ordinary Chinese at the base of urban and rural society. The contributors emphasize the complex interaction of state and society during this tumultuous period, exploring the way events originating at the center of political power changed people's lives and how, in turn, people's responses took the Cultural Revolution in unplanned and unanticipated directions. This approach offers a more fruitful way to understand the Cultural Revolution and its historical legacies.
The book provides a new look at the student Red Guard movements, the effort to identify and cultivate potential "revolutionary" leaders in outlying provinces, stubborn resistance to campaigns to destroy the old culture, and the violence and mass killings in rural China.
@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgements iii @toc2:1. The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History: an Introduction 000 @au:Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz, Andrew G. Walder @toc2:2. Passion, Reflection and Survival: Political Choices of Red Guards at Qinghua University, June 1966July 1968 000 @au:Xiaowei Zheng @toc2:3. To Protect and Preserve: Resisting the "Destroy the Four Olds" Campaign, 19661967 000 @au:Dahpon David Ho @toc2:4. Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution: A Study of Three Provinces 000 @au:Yang Su @toc2:5. The Death of a Landlord: Moral Predicament in Rural China, 19681969 000 @au:Jiangsui He @toc2:6. Staging Xiaojinzhuang: The City in the Countryside, 19741976 000 @au:Jeremy Brown @toc2:7. Labor Created Humanity: Cultural Revolution Science on Its Own Terms 000 @au:Sigrid Schmalzer @toc2:8. To Be Somebody: Li Qinglin, Run-of-the-Mill Cultural Revolution Showstopper 000 @au:Jun Zhang @toc2:9. The Sublime and the Profane: A Comparative Analysis of Two Fictional Narratives about Sent-down Youth 000 @au:Liyan Qin @toc4:Contributors 000 Glossary 000 Notes 000 Selected Bibliography 000 Index 000
