China 1966 to 1989 - The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen:Texts and analysis

Revolution and revolutionary movements have dominated the history of 20th century China. This student book focuses on the causes and consequences of this revolutionary history. It explores the history of China from the establishment of the Chinese Republic in 1912 through to the death of Mao. This title incorporates recent historiography and a wealth of visual and text sources.

This book re-examines the politics behind the late twentieth century transformation of China and provides a detailed study of the end of the Maoist era, demonstrating Mao's continuing dominance even as his ability to control events ebbed away. The tensions within the "gang of four," the different treatment of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping, and the largely unexamined role of younger radicals are analysed to reveal a view of the dynamic of elite politics of the period.

Why did Imperial China collapse? What were the causes of the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party? Why did Communist China rebel against Stalinist methods of socialist construction? These are among the questions addressed in this comprehensive, one-volume history of China from the 1800s to the post Mao period.

Credited as the architect that brought the Chinese economy into the global market, Deng Xiaoping is considered one of China's greatest leaders. From his peasant upbringing, to his political rise in Bejing, this complete biography gives a rare look inside the private life of the celebrated politician.

The decade of the 1980s began in China with great expectations of the societal benefits of modernisation. This book explores the political and economic reform policies that emerged in post-Mao China under Deng Xiaoping and conclude with the advent of partial marketization and structural reform which tended to magnify structural contradictions.

This dictionary defines critical terms relating to China's politics since 1949. It includes succinct definitions covering core political structures, ideologies, and practices, as well as individuals, groups, and the concerns that are essential to them.