Author: TJ Cheng
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
A striking first-person account of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia, embedded in a close examination of the historical evidence on China’s minority nationality policies to the present. During the Great Leap Forward, as hundreds of thousands of Chinese famine refugees headed to Inner Mongolia, Cheng Tiejun arrived in 1959 as a middle school student. In 1966, when the PRC plunged into the Cultural Revolution, he joined the Red Guards just as Inner Mongolia’s longtime leader, Ulanhu, was purged. With the military in control, and with deepening conflict with the Soviet Union and its ally Mongolia on the border, Mongols were accused of being nationalists and traitors. A pogrom followed, taking more than 16,000 Mongol lives, the heaviest toll anywhere in China. At the heart of this book are Cheng’s first-person recollections of his experiences as a rebel. These are complemented by a close examination of the documentary record of the era from the three coauthors. The final chapter offers a theoretical framework for Inner Mongolia’s repression. The repression’s goal, the authors show, was not to destroy the Mongols as a people or as a culture—it was not a genocide. It was, however, a “politicide,” an attempt to break the will of a nationality to exercise leadership of their autonomous region. This unusual narrative provides urgently needed primary source material to understand the events of the Cultural Revolution, while also offering a novel explanation of contemporary Chinese minority politics involving the Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Mongols.
A Chinese Rebel beyond the Great Wall
Author: TJ Cheng
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
A striking first-person account of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia, embedded in a close examination of the historical evidence on China’s minority nationality policies to the present. During the Great Leap Forward, as hundreds of thousands of Chinese famine refugees headed to Inner Mongolia, Cheng Tiejun arrived in 1959 as a middle school student. In 1966, when the PRC plunged into the Cultural Revolution, he joined the Red Guards just as Inner Mongolia’s longtime leader, Ulanhu, was purged. With the military in control, and with deepening conflict with the Soviet Union and its ally Mongolia on the border, Mongols were accused of being nationalists and traitors. A pogrom followed, taking more than 16,000 Mongol lives, the heaviest toll anywhere in China. At the heart of this book are Cheng’s first-person recollections of his experiences as a rebel. These are complemented by a close examination of the documentary record of the era from the three coauthors. The final chapter offers a theoretical framework for Inner Mongolia’s repression. The repression’s goal, the authors show, was not to destroy the Mongols as a people or as a culture—it was not a genocide. It was, however, a “politicide,” an attempt to break the will of a nationality to exercise leadership of their autonomous region. This unusual narrative provides urgently needed primary source material to understand the events of the Cultural Revolution, while also offering a novel explanation of contemporary Chinese minority politics involving the Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Mongols.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
A striking first-person account of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia, embedded in a close examination of the historical evidence on China’s minority nationality policies to the present. During the Great Leap Forward, as hundreds of thousands of Chinese famine refugees headed to Inner Mongolia, Cheng Tiejun arrived in 1959 as a middle school student. In 1966, when the PRC plunged into the Cultural Revolution, he joined the Red Guards just as Inner Mongolia’s longtime leader, Ulanhu, was purged. With the military in control, and with deepening conflict with the Soviet Union and its ally Mongolia on the border, Mongols were accused of being nationalists and traitors. A pogrom followed, taking more than 16,000 Mongol lives, the heaviest toll anywhere in China. At the heart of this book are Cheng’s first-person recollections of his experiences as a rebel. These are complemented by a close examination of the documentary record of the era from the three coauthors. The final chapter offers a theoretical framework for Inner Mongolia’s repression. The repression’s goal, the authors show, was not to destroy the Mongols as a people or as a culture—it was not a genocide. It was, however, a “politicide,” an attempt to break the will of a nationality to exercise leadership of their autonomous region. This unusual narrative provides urgently needed primary source material to understand the events of the Cultural Revolution, while also offering a novel explanation of contemporary Chinese minority politics involving the Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Mongols.
Ancient China
Author: Kathleen W. Deady
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1429672331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"Describes ancient China, including its earliest inhabitants, government structure, major dynasties, and achievements, as well as its lasting influences on the world"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1429672331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"Describes ancient China, including its earliest inhabitants, government structure, major dynasties, and achievements, as well as its lasting influences on the world"--Provided by publisher.
The Great Wall of China
Author: Lesley A. DuTemple
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822503774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A history of the building of the various pieces of the Great Wall of China, with details of how the walls were built through the ages.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822503774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A history of the building of the various pieces of the Great Wall of China, with details of how the walls were built through the ages.
Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary
Author: George Fleming
Publisher: London : Hurst, and Blackett
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher: London : Hurst, and Blackett
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Great Wall of China
Author: William Edgar Geil
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Department of State Publication
Author: USA Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
House documents
Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs
Author: United States. Dept. of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
The Great Wall
Author: Elizabeth Mann
Publisher:
ISBN: 0965049329
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Examines the building of the Great Wall of China and the thousands of years of conflict that preceded it.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0965049329
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Examines the building of the Great Wall of China and the thousands of years of conflict that preceded it.
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary
Author: Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description