"The specific internal party background to Mao's
rise in the Chinese Communist movement has
until recently been obscured by the unavailability
of reliable Chinese and Comintern data on the
years between the 1927 massacre and the rise of
the rural - based Communist insurgent movement
in 1932. Chinese and Soviet attempts to legitimize
the origins of their respective positions in their
current dispute prompted both sides to unearth
hitherto suppressed documents on those crucial
years of Sino - Soviet relations . Thornton's skillful
use of these new documents , supplemented by a
number of interviews with former Chinese activists ,
has resulted in the startling (at least for those not
intimately familiar with Chinese party history)
conclusion that the tactics of protracted guerrilla
warfare and the shift from the cities to the country
side was not Mao's but the Comintern's idea, hence
the notorious ' Li Li - san line ' was an indigenous
Chinese leftist deviation from the Comintern's and
not from Mao's line . The latter simply took
advantage of Li's folly of pressing for an urban
centered movement in China and with the Comintern's
indirect help defeated Li and subsequently declared
his and his party's independence from the Russians
and the Comintern . It is an important book that
students of Chinese politics should fine invaluable
in searching for valid precedents on the origins of
the Sino - Soviet Conflict. Index. ?? CHOICE Dec 69
Wright, Mary Clabaugh , ed . CHINA IN REVOLUTION :
THE FIRST PHASE , 1900-1913 Yale Univ 1968
505p $15.00 68-27770
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"A collection of 12 excellent papers on the
origin and development of the Chinese Revo
lution in the early years of the 20th century . "
SB 1969 SUP ?? The contributors ,
mostly young and representative of seven
countries , cover political and ideological
movements , sociological aspects of the revo
lution, the role of military power in its
genesis , and the limitations of the leadership
of Yuan Shih - k'ai and Sun Yat - sen. The work
will undoubtedly serve as the base for studies
of the period for a long time to come . The
appendices include a valuable table of transla
tions of names of political bodies , a glossary
of Chinese and Japanese names and terms ,
notes on the contributors , and an index. "'
CHOICE Sep 69
China - Social Life and Customs
Chang , Wonona AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHINESE
FOOD AND COOKING Crown 1970 512p
illus $17.50 78-93402
" This work offers one of the best recipe sections
ever assembled . The instructions are a model of
clarity and follow Wallace Hong's style of
listing the ingredients alphabetically . Each
recipe provides the English and the Chinese name ,
the source of the dish, and information on whether
or not it is approved for such special diets as ulcer
or diabetic . There is a wide range of recipes ;
for example , there are 23 different recipes for
spare ribs . Unlike Hong's CHINESE COOK BOOK
which only covers Cantonese cooking, MRS. MA'S
CHINESE COOKBOOK, on Northern Chinese
Cuisine , or Lem and Morris ' , THE HONG KONG
COOKBOOK, the present book draws from all
sections of the country ; and the recipes are excel
lent. As an added bonus , a unique section not
only describes but numerically ranks Chinese
ingredients as to their importance and expense .
However, in my opinion the book is not encyclope
dic in scope . Beyond the recipes and a descrip
tion of ingredients , an encyclopedia should at least
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contain a section on gastronomy, instructions
on how to bone , shell, and slice various ingre
dients , table settings (preferably in color) ,
utensils and serving dishes , and a history of the
development of Chinese cuisine . Nonetheless ,
what is covered in this book is brilliantly done .
It is an outstanding book of recipes and deserves
a place in many libraries and Chinese cookbook
collections . Highly recommended , " LJ 15 Sep
70
Chesneaux, Jean SECRET SOCIETIES IN CHINA IN
THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH
CENTURIES tr by Gillian Nettle Univ . of
Michigan 1970 192p illus $7.95
76-124425
Discusses Chinese secret societies that made
up the principal force of religious dissent and
political opposition in Confucian China. Societies
like the Red Beards , The White Lotus , The Small
and Big Sword are included to show how potent
they were in Chinese history. AL
Hommel, Rudolf P. CHINA AT WORK; AN ILLUS
TRATED RECORD OF THE PRIMITIVE
INDUSTRIES OF CHINA'S MASSES , WHOSE
LIFE IS TOIL , AND THUS AN ACCOUNT OF
CHINESE CIVILIZATION MIT 1969 357p
$10.00 78-96901
Record of photographs and description of tools
and implements of the Chinese people . Gives
vivid picture of Chinese life classified with
descriptions according to the 18th century tools ,
namely as primary tools for ( 1 ) making tools or
iron working , the basis of all tool making , (2)
food , (3) clothing , (4) shelter and ( 5 ) trans
portation . Measurements provided . Highly
recommended for valuable photographs and
thorough descriptions . AL 0 CHINA AT
WORK can now easily find its way onto the book
shelf of every scholar and student seriously
interested in China . " JAS Nov 70
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Lin, Hsiang Ju CHINESE GASTRONOMY Hastings
1969 211p illus biblio $10.00
76-81570
"A treasure to behold , this beautifully illustra
ted book gives a broad survey of the develop
ment of the Chinese culinary art . Most impor
tant, it carefully and systematically explains
the how and whys of all the major taste sensa
tions . An illustrative recipe is provided for
each taste sensation, and there is an extra
ordinary chart which summarizes the logic of
each flavor and texture . CHINESE GASTRONO
MY is a milestone in Chinese cookery that
deserves a place in every collection . "' LJ 15
Feb 70
China - Biography
Do - Dinh, Pierre CON FUCIUS AND THE CHINESE
HUMANISM tr by Charles Lam Markmann
Funk 1969 217p illus $5.95
69-18687
" From material imbedded in classical sources
and scholarly commentary Do - Dinh draws
sketches of Confucius life and career in the con
text of the society of his period and notes his
political legitimism . Do - Dinh also epitomizes
the essence and practicality of Confucian doctrine
and the ebb and flow of its influence on Chinese
and related political and cultural ideas through
history . Other schools of Chinese thought are
briefly mentioned . Textual genealogy of Confucius ;
chronological table of Chinese and world history
and selected bibliography at the back. Mediocre
reproduction of well- chosen illustrations in a
pleasant book for beginning students of Chinese
culture and for the interested general reader. " BL
15 Jun 70
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Spence , Jonathan TO CHANGE CHINA: WESTERN
ADVISERS IN CHINA, 1620-1960 Little
1969 335p illus biblio $7.95
69-12640
" Spence has entertainingly reviewed the
careers of 16 Western missionaries to China,
both sacred and profane ,, from the Jesuit
Adam Schall to General Albert Wedemeyer .
The book is a parade of fascinating person
alities :religionists , physicians , teachers ,
soldiers of fortune , each motivated by his
individual mixture of selfless dogoodism ,
moral imperialism , and pure ambition . These
stories of Western advisors to China are of
especial interest today, when the drive to
missionize emerging peoples is involved in
intense rivalry . We can look with profit to the
failure of Western advisors to inject into China
specific Western institutions , values , and creeds
along with science and technology . The Chinese
found it possible to take as much as they wanted
of the latter with as little as they wanted of the
former . Spence's enthralling volume is provided
with complete bibliographical information in the
notes to each chapter . Short index . CHOICE
Sep 69
Tuchman, Barbara W. STILWELL AND THE AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE IN CHINA, 1911-45 Macmillan
1971 644p illus $10.00
Tentative entry .
Communist China G Origins and Development
Asia Research Centre THE GREAT POWER STRUGGLE
IN CHINA Hong Kong Book Centre , On Lok Yuen
Building 25 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong
1969 503p illus $10.00
'Documents arranged chronologically to present the
official appraisal of China's development from 1966 ,
when the red guards appeared as an instrument of
36
policy, to October 1968, when the military
emerged as a dominant factor on the political
scene, together with the policies adopted to
cope with this situation. " FA Jul 70
Chai , Winberg ESSENTIAL WORKS OF CHINESE
COMMUNISM Universe Books 1970 464p
$7.00 75-99755
" People in a hurry for instant insight into the
nature of revolution in general and Maoism in
particular have turned in recent years to Mao's
little ' red book . ' Serious students however ,
would be better advised to wade into this
anthology compiled by Chai , professor of
political science at the University of Redlands ,
California . His long introduction presents a
tenable overview of the history and development
of the Chinese Communist movement from its
inception after World War I to the closing phases
of the so - called Cultural Revolution in recent
years . The body of the anthology comprises 31
documents , largely key writings and speeches of
Mao himself. There are also a few pronuncia
mentos of other Chinese Communist notables .
These pieces pinpoint crucial problems and issues
which have confronted the Chinese Communist
leadership for almost a half- century . Almost all
of the anthology's documents have been published
previously by the American Consulate General in
Hong Kong and the Foreign Language Press in
Peking but, since they are not always easy to
come by their availability in a single volume is
most welcome . Easy to recommend, " LJ 15 Feb
70
Chien, Yu - shen CHINA'S FADING REVOLUTION ; ARMY
DISSENT AND MILITARY DIVISIONS , 1967-68
Centre of Contemporary Chinese Studies ,
51 Wongneishong Road 13C Hong Kong 1969
405p price not available
Attempts to present a picture of China's shifting
political scene since mid - 1967 by reviewing the
37
events that woke nearly every province in the
Wuhan upheaval, the great political evolution .
Tells of the military elite and the military
dominance of Civilian Affairs , Lin Piao and
new military power holders , Chou En - Lai , and
Red Army veterans . Includes map showing
major military regions in China and appendices
on leaders of the High Command and speeches
and comments of Communist leaders . AL
CHINA AFTER THE REVOLUTION; A SELECTION
FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC
SCIENTISTS Random 1970 247p $7.95
72-89701
"Reprinted from previous publication as an
issue of the magazine , the essays appraise all
aspects of current Chinese developments since
the period of the cultural revision in Mao's
original priorities , a development seen as of
inestimable importance both within China and its
world-wide relationships . The contributors , from
England , Canada , Scotland, Australia and the U.S. ,
examine political struggles in China, the recent
economic changes , foreign policy , and scientific
and technological prospects . A brief bibliograph
་་
ical article concludes the selections . BL 15 Apr
70
Clark, Gregory IN FEAR OF CHINA Humanities
1969 219p biblio $6.50 73-402997
" Clark, formerly stationed in Hong Kong and
Moscow with Australia's Department of External
Affairs , offers a thoughtful ,
sometimes provocative ,
extended essay carefully differentiating between
intrinsic and extrinsic causes of Western fears of
Communist China . Explaining the ' fanaticism ' of
the Maoists in the broad sweep of the unequal
treaties and corruption of alternatives , Clark
emphasizes that the present regime is characterized
far more by flexibility than ideological dogmatism .
He considers the cases of Tibet, the Korean War ,
and the various boundary disputes (including Taiwan) .
He believes Western paranoia is primarily the
result of misunderstanding Asia and approaching
issues from an ideological rather than pragma
tic posture . Given the import of the contents ,
clarity of style , and documentation, this book
deserves wide readership ... " CHOICE Mar 70
Croizier, Ralph C. , comp CHINA'S CULTURAL
LEGACY AND COMMUNISM Praeger 1970
313p illus $8.50 77-83334
"An anthology of documents , letters , essays ,
and speeches on cultural aspects of Chinese
experience as interpreted by Chinese and West
ern authors dating from the 1940's to the pre
sent. Croizier's analytic introduction traces the
antecedents of recent cultural changes that he
shows evolved from nineteenth century develop
ments and which contribute to the question of
identification posed to modern Chinese : whether
one can be both contemporary and traditional in
outlook, a question now complicated by the ideo
logical challenge of communism . Among topics
covered are the creation of a cultural policy ,
philosophy and religion , language and literature ,
Chinese opera, and the performing arts . An
epilog contains appraisals of the influence of Mao
Tse - tung's cultural revolution on the arts . " BL
11
15 May 70 O Most of the materials are
excerpts from published English sources ,
including those published by Foreign Languages
Press in Peking and the American Consulate
General in Hong Kong . A few articles were
translated from Chinese sources by the editor.
No index . This well assembled book is highly
11
recommended . ' CHOICE Jul - Aug 70
Devillers , Philippe MAO tr by Tony White Schocken
1969 317p $5.95 79-85141
"A compendium of excerpts from Mao Tse - tung's
writings together with scholarly commentary ,
affords the reader a selection from the opinion
and philosophy of the Chinese leader covering a
wide range of topics . Preceded by a chronology
of Mao Tse -tung's life and related events in China
from 1893 to 1966 , the text presents his views on
39
nationalism and Marxism, the political potential
of the peasantry , guerrilla warfare , relations
with the U. S. , and the cultural revolution .
Extensive bibliographic notes are appended , " BL 1
Dec 69
Douglass , Bruce CHINA AND OURSELVES: EXPLANA
TIONS AND REVISIONS BY A NEW GENERATION
Beacon 1970 256p $7.50 72-101328
"In this collection of nine essays , an interna
tional group of young scholars , dissatisfied with
the policies of the past, challenge several widely
held assumptions about Red China. Chinese
Communism is viewed from social, ideological,
ethical, religious , and historical vantage points
rather than in the usual emotional, biased, and
overly simplified political perspective . In fact,
authoritarian and dictorial aspects of Maoism
receive little comment. The authors are willing
to accept the Chinese experiment in socialism on
its own terms (without falling prey to the official
party line ) , thus providing much highly controver
sial food for thought. While the ideas will be
unpalatable to some, the book is enthusiastically
recommended to those desiring a fresh approach
to the China problem. " LJ 1 Apr 70
Elegant, Robert S. MAO'S GREAT REVOLUTION World
1970 386p $ 10.00 72-124282
" Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was
a failure . His Red Guards failed. Historians ,
Sinologists , and armchair China watchers may
find value in this chatty, personal, involuted , but
documented report on the machinations of the
inner circle of the Chinese Communist party
before , during, and after the Red Guard upheaval .
The problem of all microhistory lies in its over
sharp focus which may tend to obscure some of the
macrohistoric realities . In spite of this inherent
problem, Elegant details the crosscurrents that led
to the Red Guard uprisings and to the crushing
40
of that Mao - inspired movement. He relates
how, ultimately, the army reestablished some
degree of effective rule while Mao was relegated
to a weakened , almost figurehead, position .
The new leaders , the generals , had to make the
broken nation function again . China today under
the generals has become a federation of semi
autonomous areas whose communist - militarist
leaders are only to a degree obeisant to the
control of the central government. Production
of commodities and services is improving , and in
time the shadow junta may promote one of its
own to the chairmanship . Elegant's rendition of
the story is recommended for college history
collections . ?? LJ 1 Feb 71
Girling, J. L. S. PEOPLE'S WAR; CONDITIONS AND
CONSEQUENCES IN CHINA AND SOUTH EAST
ASIA Praeger 1969 244p $6.50
69-19552
" Factors creating insurgency, conditions neces
sary for its success and how it can be prevented
or suppressed , especially in cases where peasants
rebel against an existing system which supports
??
landowners and city dwellers . FA Jan 70
Hsiung, James C. IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE : THE
EVALUATION OF CHINESE COMMUNISM
Praeger 1970 320p biblio $ 10.00
69-15748
' In the past decade observers of the Chinese
scene have repeatedly been bewildered by the
convulsions in the Chinese Communist party .
Bitter disputes with Soviet Russia as well as war
fare within the national party, culminating in the
9
'great proletarian revolution, have kept the
specialists busy in search of explanations . The
present study should have a decisive effect on
work in this field . Hsiung delves deep below
the surface of the power struggles between Mao
and his ideological foes and pinpoints many of the
vital issues . In his view, the confrontations
were not mere tactical maneuvers ; nor has Mao's
41
quest been solely an effort to enlarge the
dimensions of Communist ideology, but
rather a search for ideas attuned to Chinese
needs . This volume , proposing answers for
many perplexing questions , raises at the
same time numerous problems concerning
the relevancy of Chinese Communist thought
for revolutionaries elsewhere . For anyone
seeking understanding of the ideological
challenges arising within Communism in
general and within Chinese Comminism in
particular Hsiung's study is surely indispens
able . " LJ 1 Jan 71
Lewis , John Wilson , ed . PARTY LEADERSHIP
AND REVOLUTIONARY POWER IN CHINA
Cambridge Univ 1970 422p index
$9.50 72-120056
" This book consists of 11 papers presented at
a conference on the Chinese Communist Party
held in England in July 1968, with an up- to
date analytical introduction by the editor. It
begins with an account of Mao Tse -tung's rise
to power and his changing concept of party
morality , followed by an examination of the
Communist ideology, party motivation and elite
factionalism , and their effect on Chinese society
after 1949. The final chapters concern the
power struggle between the central government
and village leaders and illustrate the vital role
which the army has played during the recent
Cultural Revolution . This book is a worthwhile
contribution to the literature on politics in China;
it merits comparison with A. Doak Barnett's
CHINESE COMMUNIST POLITICS IN ACTION and
is recommended for social science collections . "
LJ 1 Oct 70
Price , R. EDUCATION IN COMMUNIST CHINA
Praeger 1970 308p biblio $10.00
70-114345
" In the Maoist development strategy , which
stresses the transformation of people's attitudes
and motives , the educational system is
obviously a key element . Price who taught
English in Peking from 1965 to 1967 , has
written a survey of Chinese education , which
emphasizes the ways in which this approach
is carried out in China's schools . Price
concludes that the problem facing China is
how to produce technically skilled people who
have neither the traditional contempt of
Chinese intellectuals toward physical labor nor
the special consumption privileges common in
other industrialized , modern societies . Price
argues that the Chinese policies of self- criti
cism and of radical curriculum reform which
discards humanistic and nonapplied science
courses , and the continuing requirement to
engage in productive labor , have yet to prove
their value . Included are descriptions of the
historical background of Chinese education , the
present organization and control of the schools ,
and a special section on teacher training . In
several instances , Price has been forced to
generalize on the basis of spotty monographic
studies ; but his survey is valuable in that it was
written after the Great Proletarian Cultural
Revolution (1966-1968 ) , which had a major
impact on education, and is drawn from personal
experience . Price's views are a welcome
change from the useful, but bloodless , intelligent
manpower estimates produced by Leo A. Orleans
and other U. S. government experts when writing
about education in China . " LJ 1 Sep 70
* Schram , Stuart R. THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF
MAO TSE- TUNG rev ed Praeger 1969
479p biblio $9.50 68-16093
"The best of the Mao books . The introduction
and excellently translated excerpts from Mao's
writings cover every significant aspect of his
public personality in language that is invariably
clear . Both the introduction and excerpts have
not only been extended through updating but
thoroughly revised in the light of new information
43
and the author's maturer judgment. He indicates
in some detail what the extent of the updating
and revision is . Valuable chronology and biblio
graphy . This book is a must . " CHOICE Mar D
Vogel, Ezra F. CANTON UNDER COMMUNISM :
PROGRAMS AND POLITICS IN A PROVINCIAL
CAPITAL , 1949-1968 Harvard Univ . 1969
500p $ 13.95 70-91361
"Vogel, professor of sociology , Harvard Univer
sity, goes beyond glib generalities and presents
an exhaustive account of the history , politics , and
social development of Canton and the surrounding
province of Kwangung, where the ' window of free
dom , Hong Kong, is just on the opposite river
bank . Based on analysis of the complete files of
the NAN FANG RI BOA, an official Cantonese
Communist paper, and other original materials , in
addition to interviews with former party workers
and government officials , this book tries to avoid
the Western academic biases and to understand
China on her own terms . Dealing with more than
just a locality, it is a real contribution to litera
ture on contemporary China as a whole . " LJ 15
Nov 69 11
• • This volume will be welcomed
as the first major endeavor to fill the broad gap in
regional studies of Communist China. Vogel
proceeds in a chronological framework from the
occupation of Canton in 1949, through the worst
TY
years of the Cultural Revolution . • CHOICE
Apr 70
Wu, Yuan- li THE ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT OF
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN
MAINLAND CHINA Praeger 1970 592p
$17.50 70-115106
This is a factual record on the organization and
support of science and technology in China. Book
concentrates on developments since the coming of
communism in 1949. Shows how the Chinese places
emphasis on the military defense values . AL
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Communist China - Description
Burki , Shahid Javed A STUDY OF CHINESE COMMUNES ,
1965 Harvard Univ 1969 101p $3.50 pa
73-82301
"A 50- page report written by one of a three - man
Pakistani delegation who visited China for six
weeks in 1965 specifically to study the communes .
The analysis is a straightforward account organized
around important topics such as administration,
management, income and private plots , and is
buttressed by 23 charts incorporating data from
the 13 communes visited . The figures refer to the
years 1958-65 which makes them valuable . An
appendix has brief descriptions of generally com
parable information for the communes visited. The
monograph , derived only from the author's notes ,
does not make reference to other research, and the
author was not a China expert . The book will be
quite useful as supplementary reading in upper divi
sion courses in contemporary China or the economics
and politics of Asia. " CHOICE May 70 Important
for the first hand information and description of the
communes . AL
Chen, C.S. RURAL PEOPLE'S COMMUNES IN LIEN
CHIANG ; DOCUMENTS CONCERNING COMMUNES
IN LIEN - CHIANG COUNTY, FUKIEN PROVINCE ,
1962-1963 Hoover Institution 1969 243p
$9.50 69-20277
"Continuing the welcome trend toward regional
studies of Communist China's development, this
study is particularly rich in the normally sparse
area of hard statistics . Based upon a series of
documents captured by a Nationalist raid ( and
previously issued by that government in Taiwan),
the data concerns the years when Peking was
turning the corner after the disastrous effects of
the Great Leap and extreme communalization .
After a short introduction that compares this docu
mentary evidence with John L. Buck's pioneer work
in the 1920's and summarizes the contents of what
follows , the reports and edicts are presented
45
chronologically by policy statements and produc
tion plans , the socialist education movement , and
cadres ' orders and meetings . This highly
specialized area of scholarship, not meant for the
beginner , is of real use to the university library . "
CHOICE Jun 70
Hinton , William IRON OXEN : A DOCUMENTARY OF
REVOLUTION IN CHINESE FARMING Monthly
Review 1970 225p illus $6.95
70-105310
' In 1966 Hinton , who had served briefly with a
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminis -
tration unit in China in 1947 remained in that
country until 1953 , published FANSHEN , an ac
count of the Communist- sponsored upheaval in
Chinese farming . IRON OXEN is the sequel. It is
devoted to the author's experiences and observations
on the introduction of mechanized farming in North
China during the early years of the Communist take
over . Insofar as the techniques of farming are
concerned, there is little doubt that the innovations
depicted by Hinton constituted as radical a break with
centuries - old traditions and practices as the Chinese
countryside had ever witnessed . The related impact
of the spread of mechanized farming upon daily
routines of work and living , social customs , and
patterns of thought also emerge clearly . Hinton in
his sympathetic account has furnished evidence of the
Chinese Communists ' determination to transform the
system of agriculture completely . Unfortunately, we
know too little of what has happened in the ensuing
years. " LJ Aug 70
Modiano, Colette CHAIRMAN MAO AND MY MILLION
AIRES American Heritage 1970 192p $5.95
79-95722
"When France renewed diplomatic relations with
Communist China in 1964 an enterprising French
travel agent lost no time in setting up a pilot tour
of the world behind the Bamboo Curtain . China had
intrigued her since her childhood reading so she was
46
not daunted by two years of negotiations and one
year of preparation for a thirty- day trip at one
hundred dollars a day for each person . With
three Chinese guides , she shepherded her group
through factories and schools , museums and
tombs , from the modern capital of Peking to the
ancient walled city of Loyang and on to the former
capital at Sian . 9 O to Nanking , Shanghai , Hang
chow, Canton , and Hong Kong . Her sprightly
observations on the cleanliness and excellent food,
on the contrast between her exigent capitalists and
the courteous Chinese , on the endless recitations
of Mao's homilies , on the curious customs of the
Communists and their constant autocriticism , and
on the economic and cultural achievements of the
revolution are immensely enlightening and certain
to dispel many of the Western world's preconceived
notions . " HB Jun 70
Communist China B Economic and Social Conditions
Chen, Nai - Ruenn THE CHINESE ECONOMY UNDER
COMMUNISM Aldine 1969 250p biblio
$7.95 69-17556
"Although not written in a style that will place it
on the national best seller's list, this work should
become popular in all undergraduate collections
that want at least one work on the Chinese economy.
It will win its place despite lack of elegance
because it is a very meaty summary statement of
just about all of the most recent research on the
subject. In a well balanced manner the authors begin
with an assessment of the pre - Communist economy ,
detail in a realistic manner what choices were open
to the new government, report what choices were
made , including the failure of the Great Leap policy
and subsequent policy decisions . The rest of the
work examines the specifics of industrialization,
agriculture , reorganization of the economic decision
.
making process , conditions of life in China, foreign
economic relations , and the prospect of facing the
economy in the future . Fifty -seven well organized
tables ; index , " CHOICE Jun 70
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Chin , Robert PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN
COMMUNIST CHINA: 1949-1966 MIT 1969
274p $10.00
"A competent psychologist - sociologist team
presents the state of psychological research
on the Chinese mainland and its effects on the
social and political scene . " FA Oct 70
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LAW : RESEARCH
PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES ed by Jerome
Alan Cohen Harvard Univ 1970 380p
$10.00 74-106957
" Thirty specialists in various disciplines explore
the possibility of interpreting Communist Chinese
law. Problems confronted include accessibility of
materials , modern Chinese legal terminology and
difficulties in translating Japanese , Soviet and
Nationalist Chinese studies on the topic . 11 FA Jan
71
Hinton, Harold C. CHINA'S TURBULENT QUEST
Macmillan 1970 340p $7.50 74-89932
"A highly intelligent appraisal of the many
imponderables to China's foreign relations since
1945. The analysis includes China's place as
a thermonuclear power , the uncertain results of
the cultural revolution,
the unresolved Vietnam
crisis and Sino - Soviet border disputes . "' FA Jul
70 ?? .. Recommended as a good book to
have in the library . " LJ 1 Apr 70
Myrdal, Jan CHINESE JOURNEY Beacon 1965
160p illus maps $9.95 65-15965
" The aim of this book is an extension of
REPORT FROM A CHINESE VILLAGE O О . to
show what life is like in China today; to show
through the lives of the common people what
Chinese Communism is all about ... " PLC 68
Included for its extension to title in basic biblio
graphy . AL
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Richman, Barry M. INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY IN
COMMUNIST CHINA Random 1969 968p
$ 15.00 67-22660
" Findings and observations of a Canadian expert
made during his 1966 first - hand study of Commu
nist China's management, industry, society and
economic development . " FA Jan 70
Wheelwright, E. L. THE CHINESE ROAD TO SOCIAL
ISM: ECONOMICS OF THE CULTURAL REVOLU
TION Monthly Review 1970 256p $7.50
76-124082
"Viewed strictly from a classical or neo - classical
synthetic approach to economics , the Chinese
Communist system C in terms of productivity per
man hour of labor, growth in the capital areas ,
and general business efficiency OMERCATIONis less than a
striking success ; but, as Wheelwright points out,
the Maoists have programmed in so many non
economic factors that these too must be weighed
before a reasoned judgment can be made about the
success or failure of the Cultural Revolution . This
well-written study shows that once before the hyper
ethnocentric Chinese rejected and scorned the
technology of the Western foreign devils , and that
China consequently suffered a century of indignity at
the hands of Europeans and then of the Japanese .
The Chinese dilemma, in altered perspective , re
mains . Shall the priority be social or economic
change ? Shall the priority be the new Communist
man or the production of things ? The alternative
costs are known to the Chinese leaders . They have
chosen to recast man , and the production of things
will have a secondary place . However, they are
allocating sufficient resources for defense and
capital growth to insure survival as a political
entity . Wheelwright has produced an objective ,
competent assessment in an area which has had
insufficient coverage . Recommended for compara
tive political economy collections . " LJ 1 Feb 71
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Communist China Foreign Relations
Chang , John K. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN
PRE - COMMUNIST CHINA ; A QUANTITATIVE
ANALYSIS Aldine 1969 148p biblio
$6.00 69-17555
"This monograph @ 0 • is mainly an attempt to
construct an index of industrial production for
China in the 1912-49 period . Chang claims that
his effort issuperior to Fred Hung's ' Rates and
Patterns of Industrial Growth in Modern China'
because of a more inclusive set of compo
nent series used and better weighting techniques .
. . . he finds that the pre - 1949 rate of growth
was high in all periods except those of war disrup
tion . Since the index used was a laspeyres type ,
the 1933 base year prices tend to impart an up
ward basis to an index of an industrializing
economy. When this type of index was used by
Soviet planners for the post- 1927 period , it was
criticized by Western economists as inflating
claimed growth rates . It appears important for
'objective ' Western observers to demonstrate that
Russia and China had a high growth rate in their
pre - socialistic periods . This work will find its
most appreciative audiences among specialized
graduate students and the backroom boys of the
C.I.A. Three statistical appendices ; bibliography