| Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dittmer, Lowell (Author) |
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ISBN: 1563249529 ISBN-13: 9781563249525 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: The chief target of China's infamous Cultural Revolution, Liu Shaoqi is one of the tragic figures of the Chinese revolution By addressing the issues that decimated China's monolithic elite in the late 1960s, Lowell Dittmer illuminates not only the life and fate of this fascinating leader but also the policy-making process of a revolutionary state facing the diverging exigencies of economic modernization and political development In this new edition, Mr Dittmer tells the end of the story -- the death of Liu Shaoqi and the fate of Wang Guangmei (Liu's wife and a notable figure herself) and other members of Liu's family and inner circle -- and the legacy and relevance of Liu's contribution to China in the late twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - History | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 951.056 |
| LCCN: 97041292 |
| Lexile Measure: 1670 |
| Series: East Gate Books |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6" W x 8.97" (1.20 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By addressing the issues that decimated China's monolithic elite in the late 1960s, this text illuminates not only the life and fate of Liu Shaoqi, but also the policy-making process of a revolutionary state facing the diverting exigencies of economic modernization and political development. |
