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Subject(s)

• Social change—China—Taihang Mountains [Browse]
• Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 [Browse]
• Taihang Mountains (China)—Social conditions [Browse]
• Taihang Mountains (China)—Politics and government [Browse]

Series

World social change. [More in this series]

Summary note

This history provides the first book-length study and the first county-level analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan. David S. G. Goodman explores revolution as process, arguing that the CCP was successful because of its management of revolutionary incrementalism. In particular, he examines the roles and interactions of urban intellectuals, teachers, and peasant small-holders as agents of change. Based on newly available documents and interviews, this meticulously researched work deepens our understanding of the so

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-330) and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Social And Political Change In Revolutionary China ; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Chronology: The Taihang Base Area, 1937-1945 ; Maps; Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region, 1945; Liaoxian (Zuoquan) County; Wuxiang County; Licheng County; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Revolutionary Process; PART I: POLITICAL ORDER; 1. Base Area and Border Region; 2. Liaoxian: The Administrative Center; 3. Wuxiang: Military Affairs and Mobilization; 4. Licheng: Food and Factories; PART II: SOCIAL REFORM; 5. The Revolutionary Imperative; 6. Liaoxian: Land and Social Reform
• 7. Wuxiang: Radical Politics and Revolutionary Conflict8. Licheng: Resistance and Rebellion; Conclusion: Revolution in Southeast Shanxi; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

ISBN

1-4616-4338-4

OCLC

• 652278851
• 1419873207

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