Salt of the Earth
Subtitle: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest and Communist Revolution in China
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 4, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780520203181
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Marxism & Communism; Revolutions & coups; Rural communities; c 1945 to c 1960; Peasant uprisings; Communism; Rebellion And Insurgency; Political Science; History - General History; Sociology; China; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Asia - China; History / General; 20th century; History; Politics and government
First sentence: Anyone seeking to understand the development of agrarian-based political upheaval must first understand peasant China's modern history, for it was in China that peasants first defeated the plans of twentieth-century state makers through insurgency and revolution.
Description: There are many books on the Chinese revolution, but none cover the politics of the revolution like this one. The author's collection and use of oral histories - from the last remaining eyewitnesses - and written corroborative materials is a remarkable achievement; his new interpretation of why China's rural people supported and joined the Communists in their quest for state power is dramatically different from what has come before.