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TitleThe Communist Takeover of Hangzhou: The Transformation of City and Cadre, 1949-1954
Book ID1624
Year2004
Author(s)Gao, James Zheng
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
Place of publicationHonolulu
Publication typePrint
Number of pages336
AbstractExisting literature on the Chinese Revolution takes into account the influence of peasant society on Mao's ideas and policies but rarely discusses a reverse effect of comparable significance: namely, how peasant cadres were affected by the urban environment into which they moved. In this detailed examination of the cultural dimension of regime change in the early years of the Revolution, James Gao looks at how rural-based cadres changed and were changed by the urban culture that they were sent to dominate. He investigates how Communist cadres at the middle and lower levels left their familiar rural environment to take over the city of Hangzhou and how they consolidated political control, established economic stability, developed institutional reforms, and created political rituals to transform the urban culture. His book analyzes the interplay between revolutionary and nonrevolutionary culture with respect to the varying degrees with which they resisted and adapted to each other. It reveals the essential role of cultural identity in legitimizing the new regime and keeping its revolutionary ideal alive. Based on extensive research in regional and local archives in Zhejiang province
CommentsThis book publication is available for free at the University of Hawaii Press (see link below). We invite the reader to check out the generous online collection of UHP, as well as its current catalog. The book is made available here as a convenience to the specialists of China.
Keywords (en)Hangzhou; communism; city; urban; reform; industry; women; tourism; cadre; enterprise; commerce; trade; Korean War; foreigner; trade union; currency
LanguageEnglish
URLhttp://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/23069
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