The Origins of the Cultural Revolution: The Coming of the Cataclysm, 1961-1966

by Roderick MacFarquhar

Book Overview

This is the final volume in a trilogy that examines the politics, personalities, economics, culture, and international relations of China from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. It seeks to answer the central question: Why did Chairman Mao Zedong launch the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), which plunged China into chaos and almost destroyed its Communist Party?

The Coming of the Cataclysm starts with the great famine of the early 1960s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110839
• ISBN13: 9780231110839
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher