More 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.
Author: William Hinton |
Publisher: Monthly Review Press |
Publication Date: Apr 01, 2008 |
Number of Pages: 672 pages |
Binding: Paperback or Softback |
ISBN-10: 1583671757 |
ISBN-13: 9781583671757 |