Dilemmas of victory: the early years of the People's Republic of China/
Early years of the People's Republic of China
edited by Jeremy Brown, Paul G. Pickowicz.
- xii, 462 pages: illustrations; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-443) and index.
The early years of the People's Republic of China : an introduction / "Clean-up" : the new order in Shanghai / Masters of the country? Shanghai workers in the early People's Republic / New democracy and the demise of private charity in Shanghai / From resisting communists to resisting America : civil war and Korean war in southwest China, 1950-51 / The Chinese communist "liberation" of Tibet, 1949-51 / Big brother is watching : local Sino-Soviet relations and the building of new Dalian, 1945-55 / The call of the oases : the "peaceful liberation" of Xinjiang, 1949-53 / The crocodile bird : Xiangsheng in the early 1950s / "The very first lesson" : teaching about human evolution in early 1950s China / Acting like revolutionaries : Shi Hui, the Wenhua studio, and private-sector filmmaking, 1949-52 / Creating "New China's first new-style regular university," 1949-50 / The Ye family in New China / Birthing stories : rural midwives in 1950s China / Capitalists choosing communist China : the Liu family of Shanghai, 1948-56 / Jeremy Brown and Paul G. Pickowicz -- Frederic Wakeman, Jr. -- Elizabeth J. Perry -- Nara Dillon -- Jeremy Brown -- Chen Jian -- Christian Hess -- James Z. Gao -- Perry Link -- Sigrid Schmalzer -- Paul G. Pickowicz -- Douglas A. Stiffler -- Joseph W. Esherick -- Gail Hershatter -- Sherman Cochran. pt. I : Urban takeover -- pt. II : Occupying the periphery -- pt. III : The culture of accommodation -- pt. IV : Family strategies --