A Short History Of Chinese Communism Completely Updated

Author : Fu-wu Hou
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Chinese Communism, Completely Updated written by Fu-wu Hou and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1973 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the economic, cultural, and social policies of the Peking regime since 1949.

Author : Fu-wu Hou
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Chinese Communism written by Fu-wu Hou and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Franklin W. Houn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Chinese Communism written by Franklin W. Houn and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the economic, cultural, and social policies of the Peking regime since 1949.

Author : Robert Harvey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466888075
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Communism written by Robert Harvey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today global communism seems just a terrible memory, an expressionist nightmare as horrific as Nazism and the Holocaust, or the slaughter in the First World War. Was it only just over a decade ago that stone-faced old men were still presiding over "workers" paradises in the name of "the people" while hundreds of millions endured grinding poverty under a system of mind-controlling servitude which did not hesitate to murder and imprison whole populations in the cause of "progress"? Or that the world seemed under threat from revolutionary hordes engulfing one country after another, backed by a vast military machine and the threat of nuclear annihilation? In the 1970s, with the fall of South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, the march of Marxism-Leninism across the world seemed irresistible. Less than two decades later the experiment had collapsed, leaving perhaps 100 million dead, as well as economic devastation spanning continents. Even China now increasingly embraces free market economics. Only in a few backwaters does communism endure, as obsolete as rust-belt industry. This book is the first global narrative history of that defining human experience. It weighs up the balance sheet: why did communism occur largely in countries wrenched from feudalism or colonialism to twentieth-century modernism, rather than--as Marx had predicted--in developed countries groaning under the weight of a parasitic middle class? Were coercion and state planning in fact the only way forward for backward countries? What was the explanation for its appeal -- not least among many highly intelligent observers in the West? Why did it grow so fast, and collapse with such startling suddenness? A Short History of Communism sets out the whole epic story for the first time, a panorama of human idealism, cruelty, suffering and courage, and provides an intriguing new analysis.

Author : Timothy Cheek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108842771
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Communist Party written by Timothy Cheek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mosaic of lives and voices illustrating the history of the Chinese Communist Party over the last hundred years.

Author : David L Shambaugh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520934696
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China's Communist Party written by David L Shambaugh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-04-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few issues affect the future of China--and hence all the nations that interact with China--more than the nature of its ruling party and government. In this timely study, David Shambaugh assesses the strengths and weaknesses, durability, adaptability, and potential longevity of China's Communist Party (CCP). He argues that although the CCP has been in a protracted state of atrophy, it has undertaken a number of adaptive measures aimed at reinventing itself and strengthening its rule. Shambaugh's investigation draws on a unique set of inner-Party documents and interviews, and he finds that China's Communist Party is resilient and will continue to retain its grip on power. Copub: Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137086874
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mao Zedong and China's Revolutions written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether one views Mao Zedong as a hero or a demon, the "Great Helmsman" was undoubtedly a pivotal figure in the history of 20th-century China. The first part of this volume is an introductory essay that traces the history of 20th-century China, from Mao's early career up to the Chinese Communist Party's victory in 1949, through three decades of revolution, to Mao's death I 1976. The second half offers a selection of Mao's writings - including such seminal pieces as "On the New Democracy" and selections from the "Little Red Book" - and writings about Mao and his legacy by both his contemporaries and modern scholars. Also included are headnotes, a chronology, Questions for Consideration, photographs, a selected bibliography, and index.

Author : Paul J. Byrne
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756520069
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Revolution written by Paul J. Byrne and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an account of the Chinese Civil War and what the communist victory meant to Chinese society and the Chinese people.

Author : Christian Sorace
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760462497
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afterlives of Chinese Communism written by Christian Sorace and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afterlives of Chinese Communism comprises essays from over fifty world- renowned scholars in the China field, from various disciplines and continents. It provides an indispensable guide for understanding how the Mao era continues to shape Chinese politics today. Each chapter discusses a concept or practice from the Mao period, what it attempted to do, and what has become of it since. The authors respond to the legacy of Maoism from numerous perspectives to consider what lessons Chinese communism can offer today, and whether there is a future for the egalitarian politics that it once promised.

Author : Tony Saich
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674988116
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Rebel to Ruler written by Tony Saich and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the centennial of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the definitive history of how Mao and his successors overcame incredible odds to gain and keep power. Mao Zedong and the twelve other young men who founded the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 could hardly have imagined that less than thirty years later they would be rulers. On its hundredth anniversary, the party remains in command, leading a nation primed for global dominance. Tony Saich tells the authoritative, comprehensive story of the Chinese Communist PartyÑits rise to power against incredible odds, its struggle to consolidate rule and overcome self-inflicted disasters, and its thriving amid other Communist partiesÕ collapse. Saich argues that the brutal Japanese invasion in the 1930s actually helped the party. As the Communists retreated into the countryside, they established themselves as the populist, grassroots alternative to the Nationalists, gaining the support they would need to triumph in the civil war. Once in power, however, the Communists faced the difficult task of learning how to rule. Saich examines the devastating economic consequences of MaoÕs Great Leap Forward and the political chaos of the Cultural Revolution, as well as the partyÕs rebound under Deng XiaopingÕs reforms. Leninist systems are thought to be rigid, yet the Chinese Communist Party has proved adaptable. From Rebel to Ruler shows that the party owes its endurance to its flexibility. But is it nimble enough to realize Xi JinpingÕs ÒChina DreamÓ? Challenges are multiplying, as the growing middle class makes new demands on the state and the ideological retreat from communism draws the party further from its revolutionary roots. The legacy of the party may be secure, but its future is anything but guaranteed.