{"product_id":"negotiating-socialism-in-rural-china-mao-peasants-and-local-cadres-in-shanxi-1949-1953-paperback-softback-9781939161796","title":"Negotiating Socialism in Rural China; Mao, Peasants, and Local Cadres in Shanxi, 1949–1953 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781939161796","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNegotiating Socialism in Rural China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMao, Peasants, and Local Cadres in Shanxi, 1949–1953\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eXiaojia Hou (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781939161796\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first monograph in English on how China's agricultural collectivization began. \u003c\/b\u003eIn 1953, the Chinese Communist Party launched a system of agricultural collectivization to lean the countryside toward socialism. It led to the Utopian Commune Movement in 1958 and was followed by the worst famine in human history. Surprisingly, however, its beginnings are poorly understood and often regarded as Mao Zedong's imposition from above. This book challenges the conventional wisdom and explores how the national policy emerged from complex bureaucratic interactions among central, regional, local governments, and peasants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell East Asia Series","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685676839192,"sku":"9781939161796","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/negotiating-socialism-in-rural-china-mao-peasants-and-local-cadres-in-shanxi-1949-1953-paperback-softback-9781939161796","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}