Title: Village China at war : the impact of resistance to Japan, 1937-1945 /
Authors: Gatu, Dagfinn, 1947-; Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
Publisher: UBC Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Zhongguo gong chan dang History.; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Underground movements; Communism China History
Abstract: "This study on the forging of Chinese communism in the furnace of the anti-Japanese war focuses on North China, where the Chinese Communist Party first took root and later expanded to conquer China. Whilst the explosive growth of the Chinese communist movement during the war years is a fact, the nature of this expansion remains disputed. Here the author examines a set of interrelated issues that have so far not received comprehensive treatment with regard to the main communist base areas of North China - regions where the CCP secured most of its recruits and where its policy programmes were most severely tested by Japanese military campaigns."--Jacket.
Contents: Pt. I. Intricate Patterns -- Ch. 1. Variable Growth -- Ch. 2. Social Pressures -- Ch. 3. Divisive Challenges -- Pt. II. Incipient Reorganization -- Ch. 4. Contested Party -- Ch. 5. Dispersed Army -- Ch. 6. Government Openings -- Pt. III. Multiple Redistribution -- Ch. 7. Shifting Levies -- Ch. 8. Conditional Exploitation -- Ch. 9. Structural Fluidity -- Pt. IV. Production Trials -- Ch. 10. Calamitous Years -- Ch. 11. Compounded Toil -- Ch. 12. Military Weight -- Ch. 13. Conclusion.