Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

by Guo Jian, Yongyi Song, Yuan Zhou

Overview

As the world’s only English-language historical dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), this book offers a comprehensive coverage of major historical figures, events, political terms, and other matters relevant to this unique period of modern Chinese history that had profound influence on social and cultural movements of the world in the 1960s and 1970s.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this important period in Chinese history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442251717
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/23/2015
Series:	Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	542
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Guo Jian is professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, He was on the Chinese faculty of Beijing Normal University before obtaining a Ph.D. at University of Connecticut. He have published in both Chinese and English on Western critical theory, comparative literature, modern Chinese politics and culture, and the intellectual history of the world 1960s.

Yongyi Song is on the library faculty of California State University, Los Angeles. He is editor-in-chief of the 150-million-word Chinese Political Campaigns Database (published by Harvard University and Chinese University of Hong Kong) and has published extensively on modern Chinese history.

Yuan Zhou is Curator for the East Asian Library of the University of Chicago. His broad areas of research and publication range from various fields in library and information science to modern Chinese history.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Acknowledgments
Reader’s Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Map
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

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vol. 38 (2007) American Reference Books Annual

Roughly lasting from 1966 to 1976, the Chinese Cultural Revolution was a period of extreme social, political, ideological, economic, and cultural upheaval. The editors (a professor of English and Chinese at the U. of Wisconsin and a pair of librarians from California State U. and the U. of Chicago), all of whom lived through the Cultural Revolution, begin this historical dictionary with a brief narrative introduction to its antecedents, historical course, and legacy. They then present cross-referenced, alphabetical entries describing key individuals, organizations, concepts, and events from the era. They also provide a chronology, a glossary, and a thematic bibliography.

Reference and Research Book News

This authoritative, comprehensible, long-needed guide to a modern enigma is exemplary, and should be acquired by all libraries—at any level, from high school to research institute.

Reference Reviews

A much needed dictionary—complete, authoritative, and clear—for the Orwellian language of late Maoism in China.

Princeton University - Perry Link

A much needed dictionary—complete, authoritative, and clear—for the Orwellian language of late Maoism in China.

Princeton University - Perry Link

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Roughly lasting from 1966 to 1976, the Chinese Cultural Revolution was a period of extreme social, political, ideological, economic, and cultural upheaval. The editors (a professor of English and Chinese at the U. of Wisconsin and a pair of librarians from California State U. and the U. of Chicago), all of whom lived through the Cultural Revolution, begin this historical dictionary with a brief narrative introduction to its antecedents, historical course, and legacy. They then present cross-referenced, alphabetical entries describing key individuals, organizations, concepts, and events from the era. They also provide a chronology, a glossary, and a thematic bibliography.

November 2006 Reference and Research Book News

This authoritative, comprehensible, long-needed guide to a modern enigma is exemplary, and should be acquired by all libraries—at any level, from high school to research institute.

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This authoritative, comprehensible, long-needed guide to a modern enigma is exemplary, and should be acquired by all libraries—at any level, from high school to research institute.

"American Reference Books Annual"