a revolution derailed Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George) 1953- creator text bibliography biography mau 2015 monographic eng

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xiv, 413 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm "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. 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. Andrew G. Walder. Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-398) and index. a-cc--- 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 408 DS 777.75 W163c 2015 951.05 9780674058156 (alkaline paper) 2014037102 http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43955 http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43955 DLC 150206 20230410103834.0 124132 eng