Collective killings in rural China during the Cultural Revolution

"The violence of Mao's China is well known, but its extreme form is not. In 1967 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, collective killings were widespread in rural China in the form of public execution. Victims included women, children, and the elderly. This book is the first to system...

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Main Author: Su, Yang, 1964-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Kill thy neighbor; 2. On the record; 3. Community and culture; 4. Class enemies; 5. Mao's ordinary men; 6. Demobilizing law; 7. Framing war; 8. Patterns of killing; 9. Understanding atrocities in plain sight.