ABSTRACT
The decision to initiate a High Tide of agricultural co-operativisation in 1955 in China, is documented in this text. The social impact, policy conflict and leadership style of Mao is detailed, drawing upon documentary sources, interviews with Party historians, and a chronology of events.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|104 pages
Reform Era Party History Accounts
part II|48 pages
Original 1955 Documents
part 16|25 pages
Comments by the Party Center on Provincial Reports and Directives concerning Cooperativization together with Excerpts from the Appended Local Documents