Guo Wu is an associate professor of history at Allegheny College, USA. His main research interests include modern Chinese nationalism, southern ethnic minority studies, and the Chinese communist revolution. His most influential books include Zheng Guanying: Merchant Reformer of Late Qing China and His Influence on Economics, Politics, and Society (2010).

• Introduction 1. Yun Daiying's Social Engagement and Political Transformation, 1917–1921 2. Political Education in Land Reform and Military Training Under the CCP 3. Historiography, Memory, and Myth in Maoist China 4. The Social Construction and Deconstruction of Evil Landlords in Contemporary Chinese Fiction, Art, and Collective Memory 5. Extrajudicial Incarceration during the Cultural Revolution 6. Ritual, Reading, and Resistance in the Prison and Cowshed during the Cultural Revolution. Conclusion

Guo Wu is an associate professor of history at Allegheny College, USA. His main research interests include modern Chinese nationalism, southern ethnic minority studies, and the Chinese communist revolution. His most influential books include Zheng Guanying: Merchant Reformer of Late Qing China and His Influence on Economics, Politics, and Society (2010).

• Introduction 1. Yun Daiying's Social Engagement and Political Transformation, 1917–1921 2. Political Education in Land Reform and Military Training Under the CCP 3. Historiography, Memory, and Myth in Maoist China 4. The Social Construction and Deconstruction of Evil Landlords in Contemporary Chinese Fiction, Art, and Collective Memory 5. Extrajudicial Incarceration during the Cultural Revolution 6. Ritual, Reading, and Resistance in the Prison and Cowshed during the Cultural Revolution. Conclusion

Guo Wu is an associate professor of history at Allegheny College, USA. His main research interests include modern Chinese nationalism, southern ethnic minority studies, and the Chinese communist revolution. His most influential books include Zheng Guanying: Merchant Reformer of Late Qing China and His Influence on Economics, Politics, and Society (2010).

• Introduction 1. Yun Daiying's Social Engagement and Political Transformation, 1917–1921 2. Political Education in Land Reform and Military Training Under the CCP 3. Historiography, Memory, and Myth in Maoist China 4. The Social Construction and Deconstruction of Evil Landlords in Contemporary Chinese Fiction, Art, and Collective Memory 5. Extrajudicial Incarceration during the Cultural Revolution 6. Ritual, Reading, and Resistance in the Prison and Cowshed during the Cultural Revolution. Conclusion