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082 _a951.05 SHU
100 _aVivienne Shue
245 _aThe reach of the state
_b: sketches of the Chinese body politic
_c/Vivienne Shue
260 _aStanford, Calif.
_b: Stanford University Press
_c, ©1988.
300 _aix, 175 pages
_c; 23 cm
365 _b1963
505 _aIntroduction; 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.
520 _aIncludes 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.
650 _aHistory
655 _a;China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
_b;Socialism -- China.
700 _aVivienne Shue
942 _cBOOK