Table of Contents
Introduction: the making and breaking of the party-state in China / Tmothy Cheek -- The construction of spatial hierarchies: China's hukou and danwei systems / Tiejun Cheng and Mark Selden -- The united front redefined for the party-state: a case study of transition and legitimation / Mary G. Mazar -- The mechanics of state propaganda: the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union in the 1950s / Julian Chang -- Building the party-state in China, 1949-1965: bringing the soldier back in / David Shambaugh -- The politics of an "un-Maoist" interlude: the case of opposing rash advance, 1956-1957 / Frederick C. Teiwes with Warren Sun -- Localism, central policy, and the provincial purges of 1957-1958: the case of Zhejiang / Keith Forster -- Shanghai's strike wave of 1957 / Elizabeth J. Perry -- Surviving the Great Leap famine: the struggle over rural policy, 1958-1962 / Dali L. Yang -- Conclusion: uncertain legacies of revolution / Tony Saich -- Newly available sources on CCP history from the People's Republic of China / Nancy Hearst and Tony Saich -- Interviews on party history / Frederick C. Teiwes -- Mendacity and veracity in the recent Chinese Communist memoir literature / Joshua A. Fogel -- The national defense university's Teaching reference manuals / Warren Sun -- Researching China's provinces / Keith Forster.