Red Inc.: Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949-2009

by Robert K. Schaeffer and Robert K Schaeffer

Book Overview

Red Inc. takes issue with the view that economic development will eventually promote democracy. It outlines in detail the enormous social costs of the rapid rise of China's economy. Although many observers argue that Deng Xiaoping introduced capitalism to China in the late 1970s, Schaeffer believes that capitalist development really began during the 1950s under Mao Zedong. But although Mao made relentless efforts to generate the capital needed to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594517126
• ISBN13: 9781594517129
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"