Agents of disorder : inside China's Cultural Revolution /

Agents of Disorder is the first book to shed a clarifying light on the pattern of rebellion and repression that swept across China during the tumultuous first years of China's Cultural Revolution. Among its novel discoveries is the crucial role played by supposed "forces of order" in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Political persecution > China > History > 20th century.
Répression politique > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Political persecution
Politics and government
China > History > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
China > Politics and government > 1949-1976.
Chine > Histoire > 1966-1976 (Révolution culturelle)
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 1949-1976.
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An enigmatic upheaval
  • Mobilizing a nation
  • The pace of rebel insurgencies
  • The implosion of the party-state
  • The formation of factions
  • The emergence of factional warfare
  • The dynamics of regional escalation
  • Repression unleashed
  • Final observations.

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