Between Two Plenums, China�s Intraleadership Conflict; 1959�1962

Author

Joffe; Ellis

Year

1975

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-89264-022-5

Link

Last Update

12-Apr-2026

Keywords

Sociology

Description

Since the Cultural Revolution erupted on the Chinese political scene, more seems to have been written about this great upheaval than about its origins. Two main reasons probably account for this. First, the Cultural Revolution was an epic political struggle unprecedented in its dimensions and openness in the history of the regime; accordingly, it is bound to be more rewarding to researchers than the opaque political maneuverings which preceded it. More importantly, because the Cultural Revolution was a relatively open affair, it threw up reams of materials which, for all their shortcomings, enable the analyst to follow the development of...