People's Republic of China 1949-76
2nd edition
Access to History Series

By Michael Lynch
March 2008
Hodder Education
ISBN: 9780340929278
186 Pages, Illustrated
$27.50 paper original

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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction – China under Mao, 1949-76
	Background
	The Shape of Chinese history after 1949
	China and the historians
	Study Guide
2. The Early Years of the PRC, 1949-56
	The consolidation of Communist power, 1949-56
	Tibet and Taiwan
	Revolution in agriculture
	Industry - the First Five-year Plan
	The ‘Anti’ campaigns
	Study Guide
3. Errors and disasters, 1957-66
	The Hundred Flowers Campaign, 1957
	The Great Leap Forward, 1958-62
	The Great Famine, 1959-62
	The Power Struggle, 1962-66
	Study Guide
4. The Cultural Revolution, 1966-76
	Mao’s Motives
	Preparing the ground
	The Red Guard Terror
	The Fall of Lin Biao
	Reining in the Revolution
	Study Guide
5. Life in Mao’s China, 1949-76
	Mao’s impact on China
	Education
	The Status of Women
	The PLA
	The remoulding of Chinese Culture
	Study Guide
6. Mao’s China and the Wider World
	Mao and Stalin
	The Korean War, 1950-53
	Mao and Khrushchev
	The Bamboo Curtain
	Mao and the USA
	Mao and the Cold war
	Study Guide

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