{"product_id":"2026200018722-secondhand-china-readings-3-communist-china","title":"China Readings 3: Communist China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of revolution and modernity, China Readings 3: Communist China presents a sweeping collection of primary documents, political manifestos, and critical essays that chronicle the turbulent transformation of China under Communist rule. Edited by renowned scholars Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell, this landmark anthology assembles voices from within the People's Republic itself — party declarations, personal testimonies, and ideological tracts — to construct an unfiltered portrait of a nation reshaping itself from the ground up. The collection spans the pivotal decades following the Communist victory of 1949, illuminating the social upheavals, mass mobilisation campaigns, and ideological orthodoxies that defined life under Mao Zedong's leadership.\n\nAs the third volume in the influential China Readings series, this anthology holds a distinguished place in Western scholarship on modern China, serving as an essential resource for understanding the internal logic of a political system that fascinated and confounded the outside world in equal measure. Schurmann and Schell's editorial approach is rigorous yet accessible, allowing the primary sources to speak with striking directness while their framing contextualises each document within the broader arc of Chinese Communist history. For anyone seeking to understand how one of the world's great civilisations was remade by ideology, this volume remains an indispensable — and deeply unsettling — guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573350633691,"sku":"2026200018722-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7006941e-d226-44c2-8a0a-b69e120044c4.png?v=1791168035","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018722-secondhand-china-readings-3-communist-china","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}