Chen Village

by Chan, Anita; Madsen, Richard; Unger, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780520259317
• ISBN10: 0520259319
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

The first two editions of Chen Village presented an enthralling account of a Chinese village in the throes of Maoist revolution followed by dramatic changes in village life and local politics during the Deng Xiaoping period. Now, more than a decade and a half later, the authors have returned to Chen Village, and in three new chapters they explore astonishing developments. The once-backwater village is today a center of China's export industry, where more than 50,000 workers labor in modern factories, ruled by the village government. This new edition of Chen Village illuminates, in microcosm, the recent history of rural China up to the present time.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
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
Globalization and Transformation	p. 330
Lifestyles of a Middle-Class Community	p. 354
Outsiders	p. 376
Epilogue: An Unbroken Thread: The Sent-Down Youths and Chen Village	p. 394
Other Writings on Chen Village	p. 397
Index	p. 399
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