Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace
China's Youth in the Rustication Movement
Seiten
2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-4092-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-4092-5 (ISBN)
In Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace Yihong Pan tells her story, and that of her generation of urban middle school graduates sent to the countryside during China's Rustication Movement.
In Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace, Yihong Pan tells her personal story, and that of her generation of urban middle school graduates sent to the countryside during China's Rustication Movement. Based on interviews, reminiscences, diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts, the work examines the varied, and often perplexing, experiences of the seventeen million Chinese students sent to work in the countryside between 1953 and 1980. Rich in human drama, Pan's book illustrates how life in the countryside transformed the children of Mao from innocent, ignorant, yet often passionate, believers in the Communist Party into independent adults. Those same adults would lead the nationwide protests in the winter of 1978-79 that forced the government to abandon its policy of rustication. Richly textured, this work successfully blends biography with a wealth of historical insight to bring to life the trials of a generation, and to offer Chinese studies scholars a fascinating window into Mao Zedong's China.
In Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace, Yihong Pan tells her personal story, and that of her generation of urban middle school graduates sent to the countryside during China's Rustication Movement. Based on interviews, reminiscences, diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts, the work examines the varied, and often perplexing, experiences of the seventeen million Chinese students sent to work in the countryside between 1953 and 1980. Rich in human drama, Pan's book illustrates how life in the countryside transformed the children of Mao from innocent, ignorant, yet often passionate, believers in the Communist Party into independent adults. Those same adults would lead the nationwide protests in the winter of 1978-79 that forced the government to abandon its policy of rustication. Richly textured, this work successfully blends biography with a wealth of historical insight to bring to life the trials of a generation, and to offer Chinese studies scholars a fascinating window into Mao Zedong's China.
Yihong Pan is associate professor of history at Miami University, Ohio. She is the author of Son of Heaven and Heavenly Qaghan: Sui-Tang China and Its Neighbors (1997).
Chapter 2 Before the Countryside Chapter 3 Why Was There a Rustication Movement? An Examination of the Goals of the Government Chapter 4 Why Did I Go to the Countryside? Chapter 5 Life on the Army and State Farms Chapter 6 Life in Rural Villages Chapter 7 Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace Chapter 8 Re-education in the Vast Land Chapter 9 Love and Marriage Chapter 10 The "Back to the City Wind" Chapter 11 "We Want to Go Home;" "We Want Human Rights" Chapter 12 No Regrets for Our Youth? or Youth Sacrificed in Vain?
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.8.2009 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 154 x 232 mm |
Gewicht | 445 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7391-4092-2 / 0739140922 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-4092-5 / 9780739140925 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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