Chen Village Under Mao and Deng

by Chan, Anita

• ISBN13: 9780520081093
• ISBN10: 0520081099
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Chen Village,the enthralling account of a Chinese village in the throes of the Maoist revolution, has become a modern classic. Now the authors have returned to Chen Village to bring the village's tumultuous story up to the nineties.Chen Village Under Mao and Dengincludes not only the bulk of the original text ofChen Village,but also three new chapters on village life under Deng: gripping descriptions of the village leader's purge, the rapid industrialization of the district, an alienated "lost generation" of young peasants, and the new village officials' legal and illegal efforts at self-enrichment. Readers who enjoyedChen Villagewill be doubly fascinated by the ironic twists and turns of recent events among the Chens.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue	p. 1
Chen Village and Its Leaders	p. 13
The Big Four Cleanups	p. 41
Studying Chairman Mao	p. 74
The Cultural Revolution	p. 103
The Cleansing of the Class Ranks	p. 141
A Leftward Lurch and a Solid Footing	p. 169
The Great Betrothal Dispute	p. 186
Plunging into a New Decade	p. 213
The Troubled Seventies	p. 236
The New Era	p. 267
The Midas Touch	p. 288
Entrepreneurs and Gamblers	p. 309
Other Writings on Chen Village	p. 335
Index	p. 337
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