Mao's Crusade : Politics and Policy Implementation in China's Great Leap Forward (Studies on Contemporary China)

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Chan's exhaustive research, using new material made available in the post-Mao era as well as archives from the 1950s and 1960s, has yielded novel insights into Mao, central decision-making, and policy implementation in the communist hierarchy.

Author(s): Alfred L. Chan
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 321

Cover......Page 0
Studies on Contemporary China......Page 2
Half Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
1 - Introduction: The Great Leap Forward......Page 12
2 - Central Policy Formulation Under a Dominant Mao......Page 24
3 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural and Agricultural Policies in 1958......Page 118
4 - The Ministry of Metallurgy and the Policies of Industrial Development in 1958......Page 167
5 - Agricultural and Rural Policies in the Guangdong, 1958......Page 207
6 - Policies of Industrial Development in Guangdong, 1958......Page 254
7 - Conclusion: Policy-making in a Mao-dominated System......Page 289
Bibliography......Page 302
Glossary......Page 319
Index......Page 320