ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 1980: Drawing upon released documents, memoirs and party-history works, the process and impact of the political campaigns in China between 1950 and 1965 is documented. Complete with extensive interviews with Chinese scholars and former officials, the book reviews the findings of the first edition.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part I|89 pages

Doctrine, Methods and Historical Development

chapter 1|15 pages

Rectification Doctrine

chapter 3|44 pages

The Origins of Rectification

part II|227 pages

Rectification According to the Norms, 1950-1957

chapter 5|45 pages

The Purgo Of Kao Kang and Jao Shu-shih

chapter 6|64 pages

The Hundred Flowers Experiment

chapter 7|55 pages

The Anti-Rightist Campaign

part III|303 pages

The Norms Under Stress: Rectification and Purging 1957-1965

chapter 8|51 pages

Rectification and the Great Leap Forward

chapter 9|57 pages

The Dismissal of P'eng Te-huai

chapter 11|108 pages

Socialist Education, 1962-1965

chapter |33 pages

Conclusion