The Chinese Economy Under Maoism: The Early Years, 1949-1969

by Walter Galenson and Nai-Rueen Chen

Over sixty years have elapsed since the Communists gained control of the Chinese mainland. The years between 1949 and 1969 were a time of constant change and periodic cataclysm - the initial purges, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution - all bound up with the Communist conception of how to move the country into modernity in the shortest possible time. The Chinese Economy under Maoism summarizes and evaluates the economic consequences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138534692
• ISBN13: 9781138534698
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"