New Perspectives on the Chinese Revolution

by Tony Saich, Hans J. Van De Ven

Overview

These essays present fresh insights into the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from its founding in 1920 to its assumption of state power in 1949. They draw upon considerable archival resources which have recently become available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563244285
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/1995
Pages:	450
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1570L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tony Saich, Hans van de Ven, David E. Apter, Stephen C. Averill, Gregor Benton, Lucien Bianco, Timothy Cheek

Table of Contents

Part I Early Organizational Trends; Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Text-Centered Party, Hans J. van de Ven; Chapter 2 The Politics of Gender in the Making of the Party, Christina Gilmartin; Chapter 3 What Is Wrong with Li Dazhao?, Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik; Part II Regional Variations; Chapter 4 The Origins of the Futian Incident, Stephen C. Averill; Chapter 5 Under Arms and Umbrellas: Perspectives on Chinese Communism in Defeat, Gregor Benton; Chapter 6 Fits and Starts: The Communist Party in Rural Hebei, 1921–1936, Kathleen Hartford; Chapter 7 Peasant Responses to CCP Mobilization Policies, 1937–1945, Lucien Bianco; Part III The Making of Victory; Chapter 8 Discourse as Power: Yan’an and the Chinese Revolution, David E. Apter; Chapter 9 The Honorable Vocation: Intellectual Service in CCP Propaganda Institutions in Jin-Cha-Ji, 1937–1945, Timothy Cheek; Chapter 10 The Blooming Poppy under the Red Sun: The Yan’an Way and the Opium Trade, Chen Yung-fa; Chapter 11 Writing or Rewriting History? The Construction of the Maoist Resolution on Party History, Tony Saich; Chapter 12 From a Leninist to a Charismatic Party: The CCP’s Changing Leadership, 1937–1945, Frederick C. Teiwes, Warren Sun; Chapter 13 Conclusion, John Dunn;

Editorial Reviews

The result of a conference cosponsored by the Sinological Institute, Leiden U., and the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, and held during January 1990, this collection of essays presents new perspectives on the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between its founding in 1920 and its conquest of China in 1949. Employing the voluminous primary sources that have become available in the last decade and a half, the authors draw attention to events and places that until now have suffered historiographical neglect or offer revisionist interpretations of the signal events and leading figures of CCP history, in many cases relating them to new theoretical perspectives on culture and local society, including language and gender relations. Paper edition (unseen), $32.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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