Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace China's Youth in the Rustication Movement

by Pan, Yihong

• ISBN13: 9780739104330
• ISBN10: 0739104330
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-09
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Yihong Pan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Explanatory Notes	viii
Acknowledgments	ix
Table	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Before the Countryside	9	(26)
Why Was There a Rustication Movement? An Examination of the Goals of the Government	35	(27)
Why Did I Go to the Countryside?	62	(24)
Life on the Army and State Farms	86	(26)
Life in Rural Villages	112	(26)
Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace	138	(27)
Reeducation in the Vast Land	165	(16)
Love and Marriage	181	(23)
The ``Back to the City Wind''	204	(17)
``We Want to Go Home;'' ``We Want Human Rights''	221	(17)
No Regrets for Our Youth? or Youth Sacrificed in Vain?	238	(28)
Epilogue	266	(3)
Bibliography	269	(10)
Index	279	(4)
About the Author	283