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OverviewMore than forty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential volume for those fascinated with China's revolutionary process of rural reform and social change. A pioneering work, Fanshan is a marvelous and revealing look into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the years since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power. It is a rare, concrete record of social struggle and transformation, as witnessed by a participant. Fanshen continues to offer profound insight into the lives of peasants and China's complex social processes. Rediscover this classic volume, which includes a new preface by Fred Magdoff. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William Hinton , Fred MagdoffPublisher: Monthly Review Press Imprint: Monthly Review Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.111kg ISBN: 9781583679975ISBN 10: 1583679979 Pages: 672 Publication Date: 01 April 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA vivid and compelling 'grass-roots' account of life in the village precisely during the period in which the new Communist power was establishing itself. . . . [A] unique contribution to our understanding of life in a northern Chinese village on the eve of the Communist takeover.--Benjamin Schwartz New York Times Book Review One of the most important books about China which has been written since the Revolution. . . . For anyone who wants to understand anything important about the Chinese revolution of our time, the reading of this book is an absolute necessity.--Joseph Needham London Tribune Fanshen is an extraordinary book. It will dispose of many myths, both those of the Left and of the Right.--C. P. Fitzgerald The Nation Fanshen is an important book. . . . It is an arresting narrative [on] the agonizing story of rural China in turmoil...told with a remarkable evenness of temper and a rare understanding of human weaknesses and strengths. The lessons of Long Bow village, so movingly and compassionately recorded...should be studied and restudied by all.--C. T. Hsu Saturday Review "A vivid and compelling 'grass-roots' account of life in the village precisely during the period in which the new Communist power was establishing itself. . . . [A] unique contribution to our understanding of life in a northern Chinese village on the eve of the Communist takeover.--Benjamin Schwartz ""New York Times Book Review"" One of the most important books about China which has been written since the Revolution. . . . For anyone who wants to understand anything important about the Chinese revolution of our time, the reading of this book is an absolute necessity.--Joseph Needham ""London Tribune"" Fanshen is an extraordinary book. It will dispose of many myths, both those of the Left and of the Right.--C. P. Fitzgerald ""The Nation"" Fanshen is an important book. . . . It is an arresting narrative [on] the agonizing story of rural China in turmoil...told with a remarkable evenness of temper and a rare understanding of human weaknesses and strengths. The lessons of Long Bow village, so movingly and compassionately recorded...should be studied and restudied by all.--C. T. Hsu ""Saturday Review""" Author InformationWilliam Hinton (1919-2004) was a farmer in Vermont and a legendary figure in the U.S. left. He wrote many books on post-revolutionary China, including Through a Glass Darkly, Iron Oxen, The Great Reversal, Hundred Day War, Shenfan, and Turning Point in China. Fred Magdoff taught at the University of Vermont in Burlington, is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation, and has written on political economy for many years. He is most recently the author (with John Bellamy Foster) of The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences (Monthly Review Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |