The Chinese Commune: A Communist Experiment that Failed
- ISBN-10
- 0773463135
- ISBN-13
- 9780773463134
- Category
- History / Asia / China
- Pages
- 237
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Author
- George P. Jan
Description
Because Mao Zedong was a charismatic and romantic communist revolutionary, Jan (emeritus political science, U. of Toledo, Ohio) says he was able override the advice of his fellow revolutionary leaders in the Communist Party and launch the commune system in 1958 to accelerate the economic development and realization of communism in China. He describes how the system quickly developed difficulties and caused the tragic famine in China from 1959 to 1961. It is that two-year period that he focuses on, describing and analyzing the commune experiment at its peak, before it began to be modified then eventually abolished along with most other communist institutions by Deng Xiaoping after Mao's death in 1976. The text is double spaced, though the volume is high quality. Annotation :2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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