Yang Kuisong

Eight Outcasts

Social and Political Marginalization in China Under Mao

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The 1949 Communist Revolution marked a period of earthshaking change in China. Political, economic, ideological, and cultural movements galvanized the country, culminating in dramatic social transformations at all levels, including the persecution of hundreds of thousands of the country's citizens. Based on normally inaccessible records of confessions, interrogations, trial transcripts, and depositions, Eight Outcasts tells the stories of eight victims of the Maoist dictatorship. It introduces readers to individuals accused of infractions such as corruption, political wrong thinking, homosexuality, illicit sexual activity, foreign ties, or hi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-97424-1
EAN: 9780520974241
Produktnummer: 30237860
Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 296 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 4'572 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Yang Kuisong is Professor of History at Peking University and East China Normal University. Gregor Benton is Emeritus Professor of Modern Chinese History at Cardiff University. Ye Zhen is a lawyer and writer.