02943cam a2200433 i 4500 124132 20230410103834.0 150206s2015 maua b 001 0deng 18484972 2014037102 9780674058156 (alkaline paper) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc a-cc--- 408 DS 777.75 W163c 2015 951.05 Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- China under Mao : a revolution derailed / Andrew G. Walder. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015. xiv, 413 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976. Andrew G. Walder argues that Mao's China was defined by two distinctive institutions: a Party apparatus that exercised firm discipline over its members; and a socialist economy modeled after the Soviet Union. Although a large bureaucracy had oversight of this authoritarian system, Mao intervened at every turn. The doctrines and political organization that produced Mao's greatest achievements--victory in the civil war, the creation of China's first modern state, a historic transformation of urban and rural life--also generated his worst failures: the industrial depression and rural famine of the Great Leap Forward and the destruction and stagnation of the Cultural Revolution. Misdiagnosing China's problems as capitalist restoration and prescribing continuing class struggle against imaginary enemies, Mao ruined much of what he had built and created no viable alternative"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-398) and index. Funeral -- From movement to regime -- Rural revolution -- Urban revolution -- The socialist economy -- The evolving party system -- Thaw and backlash -- Great leap -- Toward the Cultural Revolution -- Fractured rebellion -- Collapse and division -- Military rule -- Discord and dissent -- The Mao era in retrospect. China Politics and government 1949-1976. China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. China Economic policy 1949-1976. Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 Political and social views. Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 Influence. Zhongguo gong chan dang History 20th century. Communism China History 20th century. Social problems China History 20th century. Comunismo China Historia 20th centenario. Problemas social China Historia 20th centanario. Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43955 lcc bk 26832 26832 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 408 DS 777.75 W163c 2015 00000113659 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk