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Author Dikötter, Frank, author.

Title The cultural revolution : a people's history, 1962-1976 / Frank Dikötter.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press, [2016].

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  951.056 D56    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  951.056 DIKOTTER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  951.0562 DIKOTTER    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xxv, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-379) and index.
Contents Part One: the early years (1962-1966) -- Two dictators -- Never forget class struggle -- War on the cultural front -- Clique of four -- Part Two: the Red years (1966-1968) -- Poster wars -- Red August -- Destroying the old world -- Mao cult -- Linking up -- Rebels and royalists -- Enter the Army -- The arms race -- Quenching the fires -- Part Three: the Black years (1968-1971) -- Cleansing the ranks -- Up the mountains, down to the villages -- Preparing for war -- Learning from Dazhai -- More purges -- Fall of an heir -- Part Four: the grey years (1971-1976) -- Recovery -- The silent revolution -- The second society -- Reversals -- Aftermath.
Subject China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Atrocities.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Personal narratives.
ISBN 1632864215
9781632864215
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