The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China
(Part of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Series)
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Raised to be "flowers of the nation," the first generation born after the founding of the People's Republic of China was united in its political outlook and at first embraced the Cultural Revolution of 1966, but then split into warring factions. Investigating the causes of this fracture, Guobin Yang argues that Chinese youth engaged in an imaginary revolution from 1966 to 1968, enacting a political mythology that encouraged violence as a way to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231149654
ISBN13:9780231149655
Release Date:March 2017
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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