Cambridge History of China (Volume 1) The Rise of Revolutionary China 1949-1965

Author: (USA) Michael Freehoff, (USA) John K. Fairbank
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The Cambridge History of China is one of the series of historical publications by Cambridge University Press. Each volume is edited by scholars specializing in the corresponding period of Chinese history, with chapters written by experts in their respective fields, including Chinese historians from various countries. To a certain extent, it represents the level and trends of Western Chinese history research and has a certain influence in the international academic community. The translation of this volume remains faithful to the original work, and readers are encouraged to judge the author's perspectives, the selection and use of materials independently. This book is the first of the last two volumes of The Cambridge History of China (Volume 14), describing the achievements and setbacks of the People's Republic of China in its efforts to address contemporary Chinese issues from 1949 to 1965. The first part of the volume records the attempts of the new regime to apply the Soviet development model to China, while the second part summarizes the efforts of Chinese leaders during that period to seek a national development model to solve China's problems more quickly and effectively. Both parts of the volume analyze key issues and development conditions in five areas: politics, economy, education, the party and intellectuals, and foreign affairs. The authors of this volume are all foreign experts who have studied this period, and they present to readers the interrelationships of all these aspects and reveal how these related factors prepared the ground for the Cultural Revolution of 1966.