Fractured rebellion : the Beijing Red Guard movement / Andrew G. Walder.

By:

Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674054783
0674054784
0674268180
9780674268180

Other title:

Beijing Red Guard movement

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fractured rebellion.DDC classification:

951.05/6 22

LOC classification:

DS778.7 .W33 2009eb

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Contents:

The Beijing Red Guards : an introduction -- The assault on power structures : work teams in the universities -- The genesis of division : sources of opposition and conflict -- Divided at birth : the university Red Guards -- Class and violence : the high-school Red Guards -- Radicals with patrons : the rise of the rebels -- Dissent and its suppression : challenging the Maoist elite -- Factions reborn : networks at cross-purposes -- Endgame : fighting not to lose -- Hierarchy and rebellion : reflections on the Red Guards -- Glossary of names -- Beijing Red Guard chronology -- Work-team case histories.

Summary: Fractured Rebellion is the first full-length account of the evolution of China's Red Guard Movement in Beijing, the nation's capital, from its beginnings in 1966 to its forcible suppression in 1968. Andrew Walder combines historical narrative with sociological analysis as he explores the radical student movement's crippling factionalism, devastating social impact, and ultimate failure. --from publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fractured Rebellion is the first full-length account of the evolution of China's Red Guard Movement in Beijing, the nation's capital, from its beginnings in 1966 to its forcible suppression in 1968. Andrew Walder combines historical narrative with sociological analysis as he explores the radical student movement's crippling factionalism, devastating social impact, and ultimate failure. --from publisher description.