The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

by Richard Curt Kraus

Book Overview

China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, the movement remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open investigation of its origins, development, and conclusion. Drawing upon a vital trove of scholarship, memoirs, and popular culture, this Very Short Introduction illuminates this complex, often obscure, and still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199740550
• ISBN13: 9780199740550
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.6" x 6.8"