The World Turned Upside Down

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A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

By Yang Jisheng

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The World Turned Upside Down by Yang Jisheng offers a revealing analysis of the dramatic social and political changes during China's Cultural Revolution. The author delves into the chaos and upheaval of this era, exploring the impact on individuals and the broader society. Through meticulously researched narratives, the book provides insight into the motivations and consequences of this pivotal period in Chinese history.
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You might appreciate this book if you're interested in a deep dive into China's political history. With a detailed exploration of the Cultural Revolution, the author provides a compelling analysis of its impact on society and governance, offering insights through a combination of thorough research and personal experience.

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.

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As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) marked the zenith as well as the nadir of Mao Zedong's ultra-leftist politics. Reacting in part to the Soviet Union's "revisionism" that he regarded as a threat to the future of socialism, Mao mobilised the masses in a battle against what he called "bourgeois" forces within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This ten-year-long class struggle on a massive scale devastated traditional Chinese culture as well as the nation's economy.

Following his groundbreaking and award-winning history of the Great Famine, Tombstone, Yang Jisheng here presents the only history of the Cultural Revolution by an independent scholar based in mainland China, and makes a crucial contribution to understanding those years' lasting influence today.

The World Turned Upside Down puts every political incident, major and minor, of those ten years under extraordinary and withering scrutiny, and arrives in English at a moment when contemporary Chinese governance is leaning once more toward a highly centralised power structure and Mao-style cult of personality.

'A work of breathtaking courage' - Financial Times

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The World Turned Upside Down by Yang Jisheng has been acclaimed for its courageous exploration and detailed account, as noted by reviews such as the one from the Financial Times describing it as "a work of breathtaking courage."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800750852

Publisher: Swift Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Swift Press

Contributors:

Translated by Stacy Mosher
Translated by Guo Jian

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 768

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Asian History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Yang Jisheng

About the Author

Yang Jisheng was born in 1940, joined the Communist Party in 1964, and worked for the Xinhua News Agency from January 1968 until his retirement in 2001. He is now a deputy editor at Yanhuang Chunqiu (Chronicles of History), an official journal that regularly skirts censorship with articles on controversial political topics. He is the author of the book Tombstone.

Stacy Mosher learned Chinese in Hong Kong, where she lived for nearly 18 years. She is the co-translator of Yang Jisheng's Tombstone. A long-time journalist, Mosher currently works as an editor and translator in Brooklyn.

Guo Jian is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Originally trained in Chinese language and literature, Guo was on the Chinese faculty of Beijing Normal University until he came to the United States to study for his PhD in English in the mid-1980's. He was a translator of Yang Jisheng's Tombstone.