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China in Ferment Perspectives on the Cultural Revo

History

Baum, Richard

Bennett, Louise B.

Asia

PRENTICE/HALL

Report to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (part 1), by L. Piao.--Mao's "cultural revolution": origin and development (part 1), by P. Bridgham.--The Chinese Communist Party in the 1960's: prelude to the cultural revolution, by C. Neuhauser.--The struggle for power, by F. Michael.--China's cultural revolution: why it had to happen, by G. Tannenbaum.--Ideology redivivus, by R. Baum.--The economics of Maoism, by J. Gray.--The death of the leader, by R. J. Lifton.--Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concerning the great proletarian cultural revolution.--Mao's "cultural revolution": origin and development (part 2), by P. Bridgham.--Mao's cultural revolution in 1967: the struggle to seize power, by P. Bridgham.--China: year of the mangoes, by R. Baum.--The party, the government, and the gun, by R. L. Powell.--Report to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (part 2), by L. Piao.--The cultural revolution and the Chinese political system, by T. Tsou.--The pursuit of purity: Mao's cultural revolution, by R. M. Pfeffer.--Conclusion, by L. B. Bennett.

China in ferment;: Perspectives on the cultural revolution (A Spectrum book)

Perhaps the most dramatic era in recent Chinese history is the period known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. In this book, Richard Baum examines the origins of the Cultural Revolution in three interrelated phenomena: the emergence of intense political conflicts between Mao Tse-tung and his chief lieutenant over the aims and instrumentalities of China's post-revolutionary development, the rise of bureaucratic conservatism and administrative corruption in China's vast countryside, and the vicissitudes of the Socialist Education Movement (1962-66) which immediately preceded - and gave rise to - the Cultural Revolution. Baum describes the growing schism between Mao and his Chief-of-State Liu Shao-ch'i and Party Secretary-General Teng Hsiao-p'ing. The differing political styles of these men and their radically divergent programs for dealing with the problems of rural leadership and administration precipitated a direct confrontation between Mao and Liu, resulting in the latter's purge during the Cultural Revolution. The Socialist Education Movement, begun to clean up the rural Party and state administrative apparatus, resulted in the purging of more than one million local officials in the countryside. Its ultimate failure revealed Mao's lack of control over the Party bureaucracy and was a major cause of the extra-Party activities associated with the Cultural Revolution. At issue in the Socialist Education Movement was the critical question "Who guards the guardians themselves?" - how to preserve the political and ideological purity of a revolutionary Party in a post-revolutionary era.

Prelude to Revolution: Mao, the Party, and the Peasant Question, 1962-66

Columbia University Press

This audacious and illuminating memoir by Richard Baum, a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, reflects on forty years of learning about and interacting with the People's Republic of China, from the height of Maoism during the author's UC Berkeley student days in the volatile 1960s through globalization. Anecdotes from Baum's professional life illustrate the alternately peculiar, frustrating, fascinating, and risky activity of China watching - the process by which outsiders gather and decipher official and unofficial information to figure out what's really going on behind China's veil of political secrecy and propaganda. Baum writes entertainingly, telling his narrative with witty stories about people, places, and eras.
China Watcher will appeal to scholars and followers of international events who lived through the era of profound political and academic change described in the book, as well as to younger, post-Mao generations, who will enjoy its descriptions of the personalities and political forces that shaped the modern field of China studies.
Richard Baum is distinguished professor of political science at UCLA and director emeritus of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. His publications include China in Ferment: Perspectives on the Cultural Revolution; Prelude to Revolution: Mao, the Party, and the Peasant Question, 1962-1966; Reform and Reaction in Post-Mao China: The Road to Tiananmen; and Burying Mao: Chinese Politics in the Age of Deng Xiaoping. He is the presenter of the Great Courses video lecture series "The Fall and Rise of China," published by the Teaching Company. 
"Rick Baum has been both a leading scholar and a scholarly leader in the field of contemporary Chinese politics since the 1960s. This book provides intensely personal portraits of the American scholarly community and of a changing China, from the Cultural Revolution right up until now. I read it with great enthusiasm and enormous pleasure. It's the kind of book that's hard to put down." - Harry Harding, University of Virginia
"The special charm of China Watcher is the way Baum draws the reader into a world of musty archives and political rivalries, both grand and petty, to give us insights into the political, social, and economic transformation of China. Along the way we are treated to cameos from a wide range of actors, some of whom - like George H. W. Bush and Chalmers Johnson - go on to great notoriety. I literally had trouble putting the book down." - Michael L. Ross, UCLA
"Baum is one of the most insightful China watchers around and he provides a first-hand overview of developments in China interwoven with the nature and significance of China watching. He blends his own personal journal with the larger events, displaying liveliness and analysis." - Thomas Gold, University of California, Berkeley 
"Simply wonderful! I read it right through." - Andrew Walder, Stanford University
"Both informative and humorous, this book is well-written, amusing, and provides a comprehensive view of the field of modern Chinese studies." - Merle Goldman, Harvard University and Boston University

China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

University of Washington Press

This audacious and illuminating memoir by Richard Baum, a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, reflects on forty years of learning about and interacting with the People’s Republic of China, from the height of Maoism during the author’s UC Berkeley student days in the volatile 1960s through globalization. Anecdotes from Baum’s professional life illustrate the alternately peculiar, frustrating, fascinating, and risky activity of China watching ― the process by which outsiders gather and decipher official and unofficial information to figure out what’s really going on behind China’s veil of political secrecy and propaganda. Baum writes entertainingly, telling his narrative with witty stories about people, places, and eras. China Watcher will appeal to scholars and followers of international events who lived through the era of profound political and academic change described in the book, as well as to younger, post-Mao generations, who will enjoy its descriptions of the personalities and political forces that shaped the modern field of China studies.

China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books xx)

Community & Culture

This audacious and illuminating memoir by Richard Baum, a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, reflects on forty years of learning about and interacting with the People's Republic of China, from the height of Maoism during the author's UC Berkeley student days in the volatile 1960s through globalization. Anecdotes from Baum's professional life illustrate the alternately peculiar, frustrating, fascinating, and risky activity of China watching -- the process by which outsiders gather and decipher official and unofficial information to figure out what's really going on behind China's veil of political secrecy and propaganda. Baum writes entertainingly, telling his narrative with witty stories about people, places, and eras. "China Watcher" will appeal to scholars and followers of international events who lived through the era of profound political and academic change described in the book, as well as to younger, post-Mao generations, who will enjoy its descriptions of the personalities and political forces that shaped the modern field of China studies.

Follows the exploits of Le Verrier (Director of the Paris Observatory early in the 19th century) and later of his followers in pursuit of his obsession with extending the universality of Newton's Laws, proving the planet Vulcan's existence, and securing his place in history as one of the greatest astronomers of his time all for naught, as history would have it. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Plenum

By the Wind; A cruising man's book of truly skillful seamanship over thousands of miles of open ocean in a small sailboat

D. Van Nostrand Company

For almost two decades after Mao Zedong's death, an epic, no-holds-barred contest was waged in China between orthodox Marxists and reformers. With Deng Xiaoping's strong support, the reformers ultimately won; but they-and China-paid a heavy price. Here, Richard Baum provides a lively, comprehensive guide to the intricate theater of post-Mao Chinese politics. He tells the intriguing story of an escalating intergenerational clash of ideas and values between the aging revolutionaries of the Maoist era and their younger, more pragmatic successors. Baum deftly analyzes the anatomy of the reformers' ultimate victory in his brilliant reconstruction of the twists and turns of the reform process.

Burying Mao

Princeton University Press

For almost two decades after Mao Zedong's death, an epic, no-holds-barred contest was waged in China between orthodox Marxists and reformers. With Deng Xiaoping's strong support, the reformers ultimately won; but they--and China--paid a heavy price. Here, Richard Baum provides a lively, comprehensive guide to the intricate theater of post-Mao Chinese politics. He tells the intriguing story of an escalating intergenerational clash of ideas and values between the aging revolutionaries of the Maoist era and their younger, more pragmatic successors. Baum deftly analyzes the anatomy of the reformers' ultimate victory in his brilliant reconstruction of the twists and turns of the reform process.

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China in Ferment Perspectives on the Cultural Revo

China in ferment;: Perspectives on the cultural revolution (A Spectrum book)

Prelude to Revolution: Mao, the Party, and the Peasant Question, 1962-66

China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books)

China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books xx)

China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom (Samuel and Althea Stroum Books xx)

In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe

By the Wind; A cruising man's book of truly skillful seamanship over thousands of miles of open ocean in a small sailboat

Burying Mao

Burying Mao