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The lost generation : the rustication of China's educated youth (1968-1980)

Bonnin, Michel, author, Horko, Krystyna, translator

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The Lost Generation is a vital component to understanding Maoism. The book provides a comprehensive account of the critical movement during which seventeen million young \"educated\" city-dwellers were supposed to transform themselves into peasants, potentially for life. Bonnin closely examines the Chinese leadership's motivations and the methods that they used over time to implement their objectives, as well as the day-to-day lives of those young people in the countryside, their difficulties, their doubts, their resistance and, ultimately, their revolt. The author draws on a rich and diverse array of sources, concluding with a comprehensive assessment of the movement that shaped an entire generation, including a majority of today's cultural, economic, and political elite.--Publisher's website.

• Publisher: The Chinese University Press
• Subject: Youth China Social conditions 20th century. / Urban-rural migration China History 20th century. / China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
• ISBN: 9789629964818, 9629964813

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HQ799.8.C5 B6613 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE