China: The Revolution Continued
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the heart of rural China, where Mao's revolutionary tide swept through even the most remote villages, China: The Revolution Continued presents a gripping, ground-level account of the Cultural Revolution as witnessed by ordinary peasants — people who lived, worked, and were irrevocably transformed by one of history's most radical social experiments. Jan Myrdal and Gun Kessle return to Liu Ling village — the same community documented in Myrdal's landmark Report from a Chinese Village — to chronicle the seismic shifts wrought by the Cultural Revolution, capturing the voices, struggles, and fervent ideological convictions of villagers navigating an era of upheaval. Supplemented by Kessle's stark, documentary photography, the narrative unfolds with an intimacy and authenticity that few Western observers of the period could achieve. This work stands as a vital document of 20th-century political history, illustrating how grand revolutionary ideals collided with the textures of everyday rural life. Myrdal's journalistic rigour and empathetic prose grant the reader unmediated access to a China rarely seen in Western literature — neither romanticised nor demonised, but rendered with unflinching honesty. For those drawn to the intersection of politics, culture, and human endurance, this account raises a haunting question: when a revolution promises to remake the world, what becomes of the people it leaves behind?
Author: Jan Myrdal And Gun Kessle
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the heart of rural China, where Mao's revolutionary tide swept through even the most remote villages, China: The Revolution Continued presents a gripping, ground-level account of the Cultural Revolution as witnessed by ordinary peasants — people who lived, worked, and were irrevocably transformed by one of history's most radical social experiments. Jan Myrdal and Gun Kessle return to Liu Ling village — the same community documented in Myrdal's landmark Report from a Chinese Village — to chronicle the seismic shifts wrought by the Cultural Revolution, capturing the voices, struggles, and fervent ideological convictions of villagers navigating an era of upheaval. Supplemented by Kessle's stark, documentary photography, the narrative unfolds with an intimacy and authenticity that few Western observers of the period could achieve. This work stands as a vital document of 20th-century political history, illustrating how grand revolutionary ideals collided with the textures of everyday rural life. Myrdal's journalistic rigour and empathetic prose grant the reader unmediated access to a China rarely seen in Western literature — neither romanticised nor demonised, but rendered with unflinching honesty. For those drawn to the intersection of politics, culture, and human endurance, this account raises a haunting question: when a revolution promises to remake the world, what becomes of the people it leaves behind?