Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781583671757)

More than forty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential volume for those fascinated with China's revolutionary process of rural reform and social change. A pioneering work, Fanshan is a marvelous and revealing look into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the years since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power. It is a rare, concrete record of social struggle and transformation, as witnessed by a participant. Fanshen continues to offer profound insight into the lives of peasants and China's complex social processes. Rediscover this classic volume, which includes a new preface by Fred Magdoff.

Author: William Hinton, Fred Magdoff
ISBN-10: 1583671757
ISBN-13: 9781583671757
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.58w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 107