The Cultural Revolution In China
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In the turbulent landscape of mid-twentieth-century China, one of the most dramatic and disorienting political upheavals in modern history unfolded — and Joan Robinson, one of Britain's most distinguished economists, witnessed and chronicled it with unflinching clarity. The Cultural Revolution in China presents a firsthand account of Mao Zedong's radical campaign to purge capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society, a movement that mobilised millions of young Red Guards and shook the foundations of the Chinese Communist Party itself. Robinson situates the reader at the epicentre of ideological warfare, detailing the mass mobilisations, the cult of Maoist thought, and the systematic dismantling of existing institutional structures that defined this extraordinary period. Robinson brings her sharp economic and political intellect to bear on a subject that Western observers frequently misunderstood or misrepresented, arguing that the Revolution must be understood on its own ideological terms rather than through a Cold War lens. Her analysis cuts through propaganda on both sides, illuminating the internal contradictions and genuine popular energies that drove the movement. Written with the authority of direct observation and rigorous scholarship, this Pelican Original remains a provocative and essential document for anyone seeking to understand how a revolution devours — and reinvents — itself.
Author: Joan Robinson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the turbulent landscape of mid-twentieth-century China, one of the most dramatic and disorienting political upheavals in modern history unfolded — and Joan Robinson, one of Britain's most distinguished economists, witnessed and chronicled it with unflinching clarity. The Cultural Revolution in China presents a firsthand account of Mao Zedong's radical campaign to purge capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society, a movement that mobilised millions of young Red Guards and shook the foundations of the Chinese Communist Party itself. Robinson situates the reader at the epicentre of ideological warfare, detailing the mass mobilisations, the cult of Maoist thought, and the systematic dismantling of existing institutional structures that defined this extraordinary period. Robinson brings her sharp economic and political intellect to bear on a subject that Western observers frequently misunderstood or misrepresented, arguing that the Revolution must be understood on its own ideological terms rather than through a Cold War lens. Her analysis cuts through propaganda on both sides, illuminating the internal contradictions and genuine popular energies that drove the movement. Written with the authority of direct observation and rigorous scholarship, this Pelican Original remains a provocative and essential document for anyone seeking to understand how a revolution devours — and reinvents — itself.