The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History Esherick Pickowicz Walder Hardback

The Chinese Cultural Revolution As HistoryAuthor(s): Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz, Andrew G. Walder\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804753494, 978-0804753494\nSynopsis\nBased on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade [tel] 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.\n\n The book provides a new look at the student Red Guard movements, th.