Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China, 1948–1953

by Li, Hua-yu

• ISBN13: 9780742540538
• ISBN10: 0742540537
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In the first systematic study of its kind, Hua-yu Li explains why, in 1953, Mao suddenly changed direction in economic policy and launched China on a Stalinist road to socialism. In so doing, he profoundly changed the country's economic and political land

Author Biography

Hua-yu Li is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Oregon State University

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Journals	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
1 The Historical Background and Contemporary Setting	13	(48)
2 Mao, Stalin, and Transforming China's Economy, 1948-1952	61	(34)
3 Stalin's Short Course and Mao's Socialist Economic Transformation of China in the Early 1950's	95	(26)
4 Mao's Formulation of the General Line for Socialist Transition, October 1952—September 1953	121	(28)
5 Mao's General Line for Socialist Transition, October—December 1953	149	(36)
Conclusion: Mao, Stalin, and China's Road to Socialism	185	(6)
Appendix 1 Table of Contents of Lenin and Stalin on Economic Construction, Volumes 5 and 6	191	(6)
Appendix 2 The Soviet Experience in Building Socialism: Selected Articles from Xuexi and New China	197	(6)
References in English	203	(8)
References in Chinese	211	(30)
Index	241	(10)
About the Author	251