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Overview"China's ascent to the rank of the world's second largest economic power has given its revolution a better image than that of its Russian counterpart. Yet the two have a great deal in common. Indeed, the Chinese revolution was a carbon copy of its predecessor, until Mao became aware, not so much of the failures of the Russian model, but of its inability to adapt to an overcrowded third-world country. Yet instead of correcting that model, Mao decided to go further and faster in the same direction. The aftershock of an earthquake may be weaker, but the Great Leap Forward of 1958 in China was far more destructive than the Great Turn of 1929 in the Soviet Union. It was conceived with an idealistic end but failed to take all the possibilities into account. China's development only took off after-and thanks to-Mao's death, once the country turned its back on the revolution. Lucien Bianco's original comparative study highlights the similarities: the all-powerful bureaucracy; the over-exploitation of the peasantry, which triggered two of the worst famines of the twentieth century; control over writers and artists; repression and labor camps. The comparison of Stalin and Mao that completes the picture, leads the author straight back to Lenin and he quotes the observation by a Chinese historian that, ""If at all possible, it is best to avoid revolutions altogether.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucien Bianco , Krystyna HorkoPublisher: The Chinese University Press Imprint: The Chinese University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9789882370654ISBN 10: 9882370659 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 08 December 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsForeword Marie-Claire Bergère Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Laggards The Social Repercussions of Late Economic Development Different Degrees of Cultural Heterogeneity Divergence and Ultimate Convergence Tsarism: An Even More Desperate Case Than the Guomindang The Impact of World Wars and Civil Wars Chapter 2 Catching Up The Economy Qita Chapter 3 Politics Stages … … and Similarities Chinese Specificities? Appreciation of the Differences and Their Origins Chapter 4 The Peasants Russia China Comparison Chapter 5 Famines Innocent Revolutionaries? The Great Turn The Great Leap Forward Comparisons Chapter 6 Bureaucracy Numbers Working Class Origins Mao and the New Chinese Class Behavior and Corruption: The Caste and Its Privileges After the Purge: The Transformation of the Elite and the Consolidation of Its Privileges Chapter 7 Culture Cultural Policies: Some Differences among the Massive Similarities Inevitable Similarities and Notable Differences in the Face of a Revolutionary Regime Chapter 8 The Camps Categories of Prisoners From Arrest to the Camp The Camps Thought Reform Chapter 9 Dictators The Most Cruel The Most Inconsistent Grand Terror and Cultural Revolution Conclusion Lenin … … and Marx Assessment Lies, Fear, and Debasement Appendix Before and After: Yan’an, 1942–1943 Notes Works Cited IndexReviews[Lucien Bianco] has written a wise and humane book, one attuned to the ironies of revolution, a testament to a lifetime of study and reflection.--S. A. Smith, University of Oxford This book is not only scholarly but extremely vivid. Readers familiar with Bianco's work will recognize his brisk, elegant, yet familiar style. Above all, they will find a deep sense of humanity. There is no doubt that this work will mark an epoch in twentieth-century historiography.--Marie-Claire Bergere, professor emeritus, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (IN ALCO) [Lucien Bianco] has written a wise and humane book, one attuned to the ironies of revolution, a testament to a lifetime of study and reflection.--S. A. Smith, University of Oxford This book is not only scholarly but extremely vivid. Readers familiar with Bianco's work will recognize his brisk, elegant, yet familiar style. Above all, they will find a deep sense of humanity. There is no doubt that this work will mark an epoch in twentieth-century historiography.--Marie-Claire Berg�re, professor emeritus, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (IN ALCO) Author InformationLucien Bianco is Professor Emeritus at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His books include Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915–1949 (4th revised and expanded French edition, 2007), Peasants without the Party: Grass-Roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001), and Jacqueries et Révolution dans la Chine du XXe Siècle (2005). Krystyna Horko is a freelance translator. She graduated with a degree in Chinese studies from SOAS, University of London and obtained a British Council scholarship to China in 1976. She worked as a journalist and editor in Hong Kong before moving to Paris where she is now based. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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