The unknown cultural revolution : life and change in a Chinese village
Dongping Han (Author), Fred Magdoff (Writer of preface)
Offers an account of the improvements in the living conditions, infrastructure, and agricultural practices of China's rural population that emerged in during the Cultural Revolution. Han shows that the Cultural Revolution helped overthrow local hierarchies, establish participatory democracy and economic planning in the communes, and expand education and public services, especially for the elderly. He illustrates how these changes fostered economic development in rural China. From publisher description
Print Book, English, 2008
Monthly Review Press, New York, 2008