Kimberley Ens Manning is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Concordia University. She is the coeditor of Eating Bitterness and the author of numerous articles published in journals such as Modern China, China Quarterly, and Gender and History.

• Introduction: Family Ties as Political AttachmentsStates of Activism1. The May Fourth Movement2. The Chongqing Coalition3. The Long March to Yan'an4. Land ReformState Capacity adn Contention5. Maternal Bodies6. Filial Brides7. Household Managers8. Shock Troops9. LeadersConclusion: The Attached Politics of State Capacityand Contention

What distinguishes Manning's work in this area are her political science skills. Reading the book, I could see how historians might handle the material differently. Manning, however, provides overviews and shows that policymaking is a power struggle over revolutionizing social relations of production, which allows her to link "motherhood,"a key political category, to "the big family of socialism."(The China Quarterly) This rich and rigorous volume by Manning (political science and women's studies, Concordia Univ., Canada) addresses family ties as a subject and a means of political struggle. Highly recommended.(Choice) Kimberley Ens Manning's new book seeks to do justice to the role of gendered personal ties in the state-building processes of the People's Republic of China (PRC).(The Journal of Development Studies) In The Party Family, Kimberley Ens Manning offers a groundbreaking examination of the intricate relationship between state power and familial bonds in revolutionary China.(China and the Inner Asia)

Kimberley Ens Manning is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Concordia University. She is the coeditor of Eating Bitterness and the author of numerous articles published in journals such as Modern China, China Quarterly, and Gender and History.

• Introduction: Family Ties as Political AttachmentsStates of Activism1. The May Fourth Movement2. The Chongqing Coalition3. The Long March to Yan'an4. Land ReformState Capacity adn Contention5. Maternal Bodies6. Filial Brides7. Household Managers8. Shock Troops9. LeadersConclusion: The Attached Politics of State Capacityand Contention

What distinguishes Manning's work in this area are her political science skills. Reading the book, I could see how historians might handle the material differently. Manning, however, provides overviews and shows that policymaking is a power struggle over revolutionizing social relations of production, which allows her to link "motherhood,"a key political category, to "the big family of socialism."(The China Quarterly) This rich and rigorous volume by Manning (political science and women's studies, Concordia Univ., Canada) addresses family ties as a subject and a means of political struggle. Highly recommended.(Choice) Kimberley Ens Manning's new book seeks to do justice to the role of gendered personal ties in the state-building processes of the People's Republic of China (PRC).(The Journal of Development Studies) In The Party Family, Kimberley Ens Manning offers a groundbreaking examination of the intricate relationship between state power and familial bonds in revolutionary China.(China and the Inner Asia)

Kimberley Ens Manning is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Concordia University. She is the coeditor of Eating Bitterness and the author of numerous articles published in journals such as Modern China, China Quarterly, and Gender and History.

• Introduction: Family Ties as Political AttachmentsStates of Activism1. The May Fourth Movement2. The Chongqing Coalition3. The Long March to Yan'an4. Land ReformState Capacity adn Contention5. Maternal Bodies6. Filial Brides7. Household Managers8. Shock Troops9. LeadersConclusion: The Attached Politics of State Capacityand Contention

What distinguishes Manning's work in this area are her political science skills. Reading the book, I could see how historians might handle the material differently. Manning, however, provides overviews and shows that policymaking is a power struggle over revolutionizing social relations of production, which allows her to link "motherhood,"a key political category, to "the big family of socialism."(The China Quarterly) This rich and rigorous volume by Manning (political science and women's studies, Concordia Univ., Canada) addresses family ties as a subject and a means of political struggle. Highly recommended.(Choice) Kimberley Ens Manning's new book seeks to do justice to the role of gendered personal ties in the state-building processes of the People's Republic of China (PRC).(The Journal of Development Studies) In The Party Family, Kimberley Ens Manning offers a groundbreaking examination of the intricate relationship between state power and familial bonds in revolutionary China.(China and the Inner Asia)