Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China - (Yale Agrarian Studies (Paperback)) by Edward Friedman & Paul G Pickowicz & Mark Selden
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Drawing on more than a quarter century of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state from the 1960s to the start of the twenty-first century. The authors provide a vivid<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>," [The authors] have succeeded . in describing the daily experience of villagers in a centralized authoritarian China.'"<br><br>"Fifty years from now, scholars and historians will still be reading this volume and its predecessor as the indispensable guides to the lived experience of rural China through the tumultuous years of the twentieth century. It is not even a slight exaggeration to call this a monumental achievement: one accomplished by dint of great patience, great cultural and linguistic knowledge, great respect for their subjects, and an unfailing sense of how to convey the micro-history of world-shaking events. I am in awe . . . and also greatly in their debt."-James C. Scott, Yale University <BR><br><br>"Part of a truly major research project...documents in rich detail the human problems that lie behind the standard story of the developments of Chinese national policy." <BR><br><br>"This book is an absorbing and finely researched sequel to the authors' now classic Chinese Village, Socialist State. By carrying their story onwards from the Great Leap down to the reform era, the authors have assured Boss Geng and Wugong village a definitive space in the history of modern China."-Jonathan Spence, Yale University <br><br>." ÝThe authors¨ have succeeded . in describing the daily experience of villagers in a centralized authoritarian China.'" -- Jonathan Mirsky "New York Review of Books"<br><br>." [The authors] have succeeded . in describing the daily experience of villagers in a centralized authoritarian China.'" -- Jonathan Mirsky "New York Review of Books"<br><br>"Based on more than two decades of eye-opening interviews with villagers, "Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China" richly illuminates the recent history of rural China."-Jonathan Unger, Director, Contemporary China Centre, Australian National University <BR><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>EDWARD FRIEDMAN is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. PAUL G. PICKOWICZ is professor of history and Chinese studies at the University of California, San Diego. MARK SELDEN is research associate, East Asia Program, at Cornell University and a coordinator of Japan Focus.</p>
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