China During the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976: A Selected Bibliography of English Language Works (Bibliographies and Indexes in Asian Studies Book 3)

The Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). also called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution . was one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Chinese history . During this turbulent decade , many events happened in China : the Red Guards movement : the nationwide revolutionary rebels and great chaos : the fall of Liu Shaoqi . Deng Xiaoping and other party and state leaders : the military intervention : the forming of revolutionary committees to replace local party committees and administrative bodies : the Lin Biao afair . the movement to send millions of youth and intelectuals to countryside : the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius : the Tiananmen Square incident : and so on . It wounded many Chinese people in all strata deeply . During the different stages of the Cultural Revolution . millions of people were killed . committed suicide . or suffered unspeakable hardships both physically and psychologically . The Cultural Revolution involved virtually al Chinese people and indirectly many other countries in the world . During the Cultural Revolution . revolutionary art . music . and dramas were pursued . and major reforms in education , factory management . economic planning . medical care 、 and other areas of Chinese life were carried out . Many of these actually brought biterness and injury to the Chinese people . During this turbulent decade . China also encountered difficulties . setbacks . and isolation in the international relations area in the late 1960s. and made some efforts to improve relations with other countries and expand its diplomatic base in the 1970s. Over the past three decades . studies of the Cultural Revolution have been well underway and thousands of works have been published in Chinese and in Western languages . Some works have given scholarly analyses and expla - nations of the Cultural Revolution . Many works have criticized . One of the most tumultuous periods in modern Chinese history, the Cultural Revolution affected virtually all Chinese people and all aspects of Chinese life, including art, music and drama, education, factory management, economic planning, and medical care. Studies of the Cultural Revolution, in both Chinese and Western languages, have burgeoned over the past three decades. This comprehensive, easy-to-use bibliography provides a guide to published English-language sources on the Cultural Revolution. With over a thousand entries, it includes books, monographs, dissertations, and audio-visual materials on a broad range of topics from the military, education, religion, and economics to foreign relations, population, art, literature, and drama.Including titles published through the end of 1997 and a few in 1998, the book provides a general overview of the literature on the Chinese Cultural Revolution and its impact on China. Its scope and coverage make it a useful resource for any library whose readers have an interest in modern Chinese history.