| Description |
xii, 462 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The early years of the People's Republic of China: an introduction / Jeremy Brown and Paul G. Pickowicz -- Part I: Urban takeover -- "Clean-up": the new order in Shanghai / Frederic Wakeman, Jr. -- Masters of the country? Shanghai workers in the early People's Republic / Elizabeth Perry -- New democracy and the demise of private charity in Shanghai / Nara Dillon -- Part II: Occupying the periphery -- From resisting communists to resisting America: civil war and Korean war in southwest China, 1950-51 / Jeremy Brown -- The Chinese communist "liberation" of Tibet, 1949-51 / Chen Jian -- Big brother is watching: local Sino-Soviet relations and the building of new Dalian, 1945-55 / Christian Hess -- The call of the oases: the "peaceful liberation" of Xinjiang, 1949-53 / James Z. Gao -- Part III: The culture of accommodation -- The crocodile bird: Xiangsheng in the early 1950s / Perry Link -- "The very first lesson": teaching about human evolution in early 1950s China / Sigrid Schmalzer -- Acting like revolutionaries: Shi Hui, the Wenhua studio, and private-sector filmmaking, 1949-52 / Paul G. Pickowicz -- Creating "New China's first new-style regular university," 1949-50 / Douglas A. Stiffler -- Part IV: Family strategies -- The Ye family in New China / Joseph W. Esherick -- Birthing stories: rural midwives in 1950s China / Gail Hershatter -- Capitalists choosing communist China: the Liu family of Shanghai, 1948-56 -- Sherman Cochran |
| Summary |
"This work examines the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China. Instead of dwelling on elite politics and policy-making processes, Dilemmas of Victory seeks to understand how the 1949-1953 period was experienced by various groups, including industrialists, filmmakers, ethnic minorities, educators, rural midwives, philanthropists, stand-up comics, and scientists."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- 1949-1976 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024122 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Brown, Jeremy, 1976-
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Pickowicz, Paul.
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| LC no. |
2007014277 |
| ISBN |
9780674026162 alkaline paper |
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0674026160 alkaline paper |
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