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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results38 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 4 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library Connexions LibraryAge of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991  Hobsbawm, Eric Book 1994 A overview of the history of the years 1914 - 1991. Bethune, Norman: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian Communist physician, and medical innovator who developed the first mobile blood-transfusion service in Spain in 1936. (1890-1939). Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Canton, December 1927 Sizoff, Paul [Victor Serge] Article 1928 In 1927, as a result of a rapid succession of fatal mistakes, the Chinese proletariat lost the strong positions in Shanghai and Hankou that it had gloriously conquered at the head of the national move... China: Whose Revolution? Hore, Charlie Article 1987 The Chinese Revolution was one of the most momentous events of the 20th century. For a quarter of the human race it seemed to open the way to eradicate the roots of poverty and famine, to build a bett... China's Republic Lary, Diana Book An introductory text for students and general readers offering an unbiased look at the rise of Maoist communism and the decline of Chiang Kai Shek's Guomintang.
Chinese Workers' Resistance: Against The Current vol. 111 Diamond, Norm Article 2004 Norm Diamond interviews Tim Pringle, who lives in Hong Kong, where he participates as an observer and also as a member of the editorial board of the Chinese-language magazine Globalization Monitor. The Chinese Working Women's Network: Against The Current vol. 113 Ngai, Pun; Ming, Yang Lie Article 2004 There is no doubt that China is growing rapidly in importance in the global economy. China has now surpassed the United States as the largest destination in the world for foreign investment. While man... C.L.R. James's Conflicted Intellectual Legacies on Mao Tse Tung's China Quest, Matthew Article 2013 On the evolution of C.L.R. James’s thoughts about Maoism. Communism Takes China: How the Revolution Went Red Fitzgerald, C.P. Book 1971 A short history of Chinese history from 1911 to 1949. Connexions Library: China Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on China. The Fifth Modernization: China's Spirit of Democracy Wei Jingsheng Article 1978 Wei Jingsheng, a 28-year-old electrician, posted this on the “Democracy Wall” in Beijing in 1978. The Great Leap Forward in China (1958): Chairman Mao's Catastrophe Karl, Rebecca E. Article 2010 In 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong made a promise that Chinese steel production would soon surpass that of Great Britain and America. It was known as "The Great Leap Forward," and the massive focus on steel... The Great Reversal: The Privatization of China Hinton, William Book 1991 In these essays Hinton argues that Deng XiaoPing and his privatization reforms destroyed the achievements of the Maoist Revolution of 1949. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume I: State and Bureaucracy Draper, Hal Book 1977 A wide-ranging and thorough exposition of Marx's views on democracy. Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. The Mandate of Heaven: Marx and Mao in Modern China Harris, Nigel Book 1978 China’s transformation from a poor country devastated by war into a major world power is a modern legend. But how did this change come about? What are the real living conditions of the peasants and wo... A Marxist History of the World part 13: China: the Ch'in Empire Faulkner, Neil Article 2010 Neil Faulkner looks at the origins of the Ch'in Empire - short-lived, created by conquest and terror and characterised by extreme centralisation, military-style exploitation, and murderous repression. A Marxist History of the World part 25: Chinese History's Revolving Door: Door Faulkner, Neil Article 2010 Neil Faulkner examines China's imperial history, where for two millennia political revolution did not lead to social transformation, but simply to the replacement of one dynasty by another. A Marxist History of the World part 63: The Rape of China Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Neil Faulkner looks at the impact of western imperialism's repeated and bloody attempts to control the wealth of China A Marxist History of the World part 78: The First Chinese Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 In 1927, the Chinese nationalists smashed the country's first working-class revolutionary movement – a defeat that would shape the whole subsequent history of China.Counterfire A Marxist History of the World part 93: Maoist China Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 After the revolution of 1949, the Chinese Communists resorted to state capitalism to force the country’s industrialisation. The consequences were disastrous. Nanking Massacre Article 2018 A summary of the massacre at Nanking (Nanjing) , which occurred over a period of six weeks starting on December 13, 1937. During this period soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army perpetrated horrific... Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present Hessler, Peter Book 2006 A first-hand exploration of contemporary China through the accounts of its living citizens as well as through ancient artifacts uncovered in archeological digs -- a psycho-social examination of who th... A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Liberation, and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1981 Part I - Rosa Luxemburg as Theoretician, as Activist, as Internationalist. Part II - The Women's Liberation Movement as Revolutionary Force and Reason. Part III - Karl Marx: From Critic of Hegel to Au... Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. A Short History of Progress Wright, Ronald Book 2004 If the population growth, consumption of resources, and technological advances continue according to the trend of the twentieth century, at the expense of the earth, the outcome may be disastrous. '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 Jisheng, Yang Book 2012 A look at 'the great famine', a concealed result of the Great Leap Forward in China. The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution Isaacs, Harold R. Book 1934 A study of the social catastrophe that convulsed China in 1925-27, when the working-class movement was murderously crushed by the Kuomintang. Whither China? Sheng-wu-lien Article 1968 A document written by militants called Sheng-wu-lien in Hunan province in China during the "Cultural Revolution." The Shengwulian activists were crushed by the bureaucracy. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAK Press AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short mo... Bureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryFrom Cave Paintings to the Internet Norman, Jeremy 2013 Chronological and Thematic Studies on the History of Information and Media. Kang Sheng Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Senior official in the Communist Party of China, in charge of security and repression of dissidents. |
