Shanghai Journal: An Eyewitness Account Of The Cultural Revolution Eyewitness Account Of The Cultural Revolution

This reissue comes just as scholars and commentators, both Chinese and Western, are taking a new interest in China's recent political history, and the role of the Cultural Revolution. Neale Hunter was one of the few Westerners resident in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, and his book, first published in 1969, was the first full-length account of it to be written by a foreign observer. The book is based on his own first-hand experience, as well as important primary sources such as wall-posters, and is illustrated with photographs taken by the author. Neale Hunter has written a new introduction for this edition, in which he reviews events since the Cultural Revolution, and sets forth his own much-altered views of China. The introduction also contains fascinating experts from the `criticism and self-criticism session' on the book which the author underwent in Shanghai in the early 1970s. Readership: Chinese and Western researchers and general readers. Originally published in 1969, Shanghai Journal presents the first full-length account, by a foreign observer, of the early days of the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai and the seat of power of the "Gang of Four." Neale Hunter--one of the few Westerners living in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution--bases his account both on first-hand experience as an English teacher with his wife at the Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute from 1965 to 1967 and on important primary sources, such as previously-unavailable wall-posters. The volume contains photographs taken by Hunter himself and a new introduction which reviews events that have occurred since the Cultural Revolution and Hunter's own much-altered views of China. This reissue of Shanghai Journal appears at a time when not only Chinese and Western scholars have begun to re-examine the Cultural Revolution, but also at a time when wide general interest in understanding this crucial era in China's recent political history has grown. Historical account of the social movement for total cultural change in China, with particular reference to experience in shanghai from 1965 to 1967 - covers the role of the communist political party, youth unrest and the formation of student red guard groups, workers' involvement, the fall of shanghai political leadership, military aspects, political problems, etc. References. A first-hand account of the Cultural Revolution by one of the few westerners resident in Shanghai at the time. In a new introduction for this edition he reviews subsequent events in China and sets out his much-altered views on the country. Neale Hunter ; With A New Introduction By The Author. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Key To Red Guard Newspapers Cited In The Text : P. 302-307.