Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The establishment and consolidation of the new regime, 1949–1957
- Chapter 2 The great leap forward and the split in the Yan'an leadership 1958–1965
- Chapter 3 The Chinese State in crisis, 1966–1969
- Chapter 4 The succession to Mao and the end of Maoism, 1969–1982
- Chapter 5 The road to Tiananmen: Chinese politics in the 1980s
- Chapter 6 Reaction, Resurgence, and Succession: Chinese Politics since Tiananmen
- Chapter 7 Dilemmas of globalization and governance
- Appendix Leaders and Meetings
- References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The establishment and consolidation of the new regime, 1949–1957
- Chapter 2 The great leap forward and the split in the Yan'an leadership 1958–1965
- Chapter 3 The Chinese State in crisis, 1966–1969
- Chapter 4 The succession to Mao and the end of Maoism, 1969–1982
- Chapter 5 The road to Tiananmen: Chinese politics in the 1980s
- Chapter 6 Reaction, Resurgence, and Succession: Chinese Politics since Tiananmen
- Chapter 7 Dilemmas of globalization and governance
- Appendix Leaders and Meetings
- References
- Index
Summary
The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive account of sixty years of the politics of the People's Republic of China, 1949 to 2009. The first four chapters, covering the years of the Mao era and its immediate aftermath, 1949–1982, are drawn from Volumes 14 and 15 of the Cambridge History of China (CHOC). The fifth and sixth were commissioned for the first and second editions of this book to cover the Deng Xiaoping era. The seventh chapter was commissioned for this third edition to cover the final years of this cycle of Cathay.
The chapters drawn from CHOC were part of an integrated schema that included chapters on economics, education, culture, society, and foreign policy, but since “politics took command” of everything in Mao's China, these chapters on politics touch on those other topics as well.
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- The Politics of ChinaSixty Years of The People's Republic of China, pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011