People's China

• A NOTE ON THE ROMANIZATION OF CHINESE WORDSINTRODUCTION1: OLD CHINA AND YOUNG REVOLUTIONARIESVillage China and Young MaoTo the cityUnification, Invasion, and Civil WarPersonalities and CausesWas China Ripe for Revolution?2: REVOLUTIONARIES SEIZE POWER: 1949-52Establishing SovereigntyInstalling the New OrderThe Korean WarCampaignsDisappointments, Ironies, and Contradictions3: SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION: 1953-57The First Five-Year PlanThe First Five-Year PlanThe High Tide of 1955The Eighth Party Congress, September 1956The Hundred Flowers Campaign4: THE GREAT LEAP FORWARDInitial Stages of the Great LeapThe Great Leap in the AscendantThe Great Leap in Decline5: DEPRESSION, RECOVERY, AND STRUGGLE AT THE TOP: 1960-65The Immediate Repercussions of the Great LeapPolitical Crisis6: THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION: 1966-69ParticipantsTidal WaveThe Flood Receded7: THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN RETREAT: 1969-76Failure to Consolidate Radical Rule: 1969-71The Uneasy Regime of the Moderates: 1972-75Mao's Final Months and the Arrest of the Gang of Four: 1976An End and a Beginning8: CROSSING THE RIVER, GROPING FOR THE STONES: REFORM IN THE 1980sPower StruggleSocialist Economies with Chinese CharacteristicsPolitical DilemmasForeign PolicyChinese Society Under ReformPolitical Tensions9: "WE MUST NOT LET THE NEXT GENERATION POUR A BUCKET OF EXCREMENT ON OUR HEADS": THE TRAGEDY AT TIANANMENSeven Extraordinary Weeks10: THE NINETIES: TWO FACES OF CHINARegaining ControlThe Stern Face of AuthorityXiaokang: The Happy Face of "Modest Prosperity"New World, New PossibilitiesChinese Society and Culture: Trends and ProblemsNOTESSUGGESTED READINGSINDEX

Praise for previous editions:"A major success. Written with unusual clarity and simplicity, it is also based on deeply understood, profoundly digested knowledge."--History: Reviews of New Books"The narrative is useful and rich inasmuch as it traces these campaigns quite vividly within the space of just 350 pages....The excellent portraits of Chinese leaders and the graphs add considerably to the value of this extremely useful volume."--International Studies"A lucid, dispassionate account of Chinese history during the last four decades. It is based on sound, scholarly research, and reads extremely well. A valuable contribution."--E-tu Zen Sun, Pennsylvania State UniversityPraise for previous editions:"A major success. Written with unusual clarity and simplicity, it is also based on deeply understood, profoundly digested knowledge."--History: Reviews of New Books"The narrative is useful and rich inasmuch as it traces these campaigns quite vividly within the space of just 350 pages....The excellent portraits of Chinese leaders and the graphs add considerably to the value of this extremely useful volume."--International Studies"A lucid, dispassionate account of Chinese history during the last four decades. It is based on sound, scholarly research, and reads extremely well. A valuable contribution."--E-tu Zen Sun, Pennsylvania State University