This unit examines China's tumultuous history from the wellspring of Maoist revolution in 1930s Yen'an, the rapid spread of revolution throughout China, its culmination in the heady excesses of the Cultural Revolution and China's about-face in 1978 with the rise of market socialism under Deng Xiaoping and his successors. Within the context of new historiographical trends in the social history of China, this unit introduces students to the revolutionary processes that forged a unified China and sowed the contradictions between Maoism and 'market socialism', so critical to understanding social and political dynamics within The People's Republic today. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Esta Ungar
Prerequisites: a Level 1 History unit
