The reach of the state
Vivienne Shue
The reach of the state : sketches of the Chinese body politic /Vivienne Shue - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , ©1988. - ix, 175 pages ; 23 cm
Introduction; 1. State, society, and politics under Mao; 2. Peasant localism and the Chinese state; 3. The reach of the state; 4. Honeycomb and web; Notes.
Includes four conceptual and critical essays on state and society in contemporary China that argue vigorously against the grain of prevailing scholarly interpretation. This title argues that the party/state under Mao fell far short of the full control over China's peasant society that outside observers often assumed it had achieved.
9780804718042
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History
;China -- Politics and government -- 1949---;Socialism -- China.
951.05 SHU
The reach of the state : sketches of the Chinese body politic /Vivienne Shue - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , ©1988. - ix, 175 pages ; 23 cm
Introduction; 1. State, society, and politics under Mao; 2. Peasant localism and the Chinese state; 3. The reach of the state; 4. Honeycomb and web; Notes.
Includes four conceptual and critical essays on state and society in contemporary China that argue vigorously against the grain of prevailing scholarly interpretation. This title argues that the party/state under Mao fell far short of the full control over China's peasant society that outside observers often assumed it had achieved.
9780804718042
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,New Delhi-110002
History
;China -- Politics and government -- 1949---;Socialism -- China.
951.05 SHU
