Labor and the Chinese Revolution
Class Strategies and Contradictions of Chinese Communism, 1928–1948
Abstract
In the two-decade period from 1928 to 1948, the proletarian themes and issues underlying the Chinese Communist Party’s ideological utterances were shrouded in rhetoric designed, perhaps, as much to disguise as to chart actual class strategies. Rhetoric notwithstanding, a careful analysis of such pronouncements is vitally important in following and evaluating the party’s changing lines during this key revolutionary period. The function of the “proletariat” in the complex of policy issues and leadership struggles which developed under the precarious circumstances of those years had an importance out of all proportion to labor’s relatively minor role in the post-1927 Communist led revolution. [1, 2]
Keywords
Asian history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 1999; Politics & government; Central government policiesDOI
10.3998/mpub.19080Publisher
University of Michigan PressPublisher website
https://www.press.umich.edu/Publication date and place
2020Imprint
U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIESSeries
Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies, 49Classification
Asian history
History and Archaeology
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
Politics and government
Central / national / federal government policies