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Market Maoists : the communist origins of China's capitalist ascent / Jason M. Kelly.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021Description: ix, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674986497
  • 0674986490
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.951/05
LOC classification:
  • HC 430 K29m 2021
Contents:
Opening a capitalist window Closing the open door The Korean War and the fight for trade Commerce in the making of "Peaceful Coexistence" A "Great Leap" in trade Trading for salvation Markets and the rise and fall of "redness"
Summary: "Chinese Communists have long embraced capitalism, for various reasons. In the 1930s Communists made deals with foreign capitalists to finance the revolution. Mao continued to promote trade after 1949. Jason Kelly shows how global deals kept China embedded in markets and their norms, laying the groundwork for the capitalist reforms of the 1980s"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 430 K29m 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000173671

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Opening a capitalist window
Closing the open door
The Korean War and the fight for trade
Commerce in the making of "Peaceful Coexistence"
A "Great Leap" in trade
Trading for salvation
Markets and the rise and fall of "redness"

"Chinese Communists have long embraced capitalism, for various reasons. In the 1930s Communists made deals with foreign capitalists to finance the revolution. Mao continued to promote trade after 1949. Jason Kelly shows how global deals kept China embedded in markets and their norms, laying the groundwork for the capitalist reforms of the 1980s"-- Provided by publisher.

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