Memory and Resistance in the Long Shadow of the Catastrophic Past
by
Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Why is contemporary China such a politically contentious place? Relying on the memories of the survivors of the worst catastrophe of Maoist rule and documenting the rise of resistance and protest at the grassroots level, this book explains how the terror, hunger, and loss of the socialist past influences...