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- Book Title
- Rise Of The Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution And The O...
- ISBN
- 9780804760775
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Rise of the Red Engineers : the Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Subject
- Engineering (General), Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Asia / China, Sociology / Social Theory
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Series
- Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 23.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
0804760772
ISBN-13
9780804760775
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71694733
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Publication Name
Rise of the Red Engineers : the Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class
Language
English
Subject
Engineering (General), Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Asia / China, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Series
Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-043089
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
" Rise of the Red Engineers provides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China . . . The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism."—Johanna Bockman, American Journal of Sociology, "Joel Andreas's Rise of the Red Engineers is ambitious in scope and analyzes the "transformations of China's class structure since the 1949 Revolution" with rigor and style. . . . Andreas's work brings fresh perspective to our understanding of class in China, of the machinations of the Cultural Revolution, and of twentieth-century experiments in Communism in comparative perspective"--Denise Y. Ho, China Review International, "This is an essential book for specialists seeking to understand the murky issues of class in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949; it is also highly engaging and accessible to non-specialists."—Sigrid Schmalzer, American Historical Review, " Rise of the Red Engineers is a welcome contrast to scholarship on contemporary China that dismisses the Mao years as crazy or as irrelevant to the reform period. Andreas takes the ideology and policies of the Mao era seriously and judges the results of Mao's programs by their own stated goals... Andreas' signal achievement is in using complex human stories to construct a compelling and tightly packaged argument that pushes us to think about the world in new ways. He succeeds because his goal is to explain what happened and why, rather than to give the entire Mao era a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Everyone interested in contemporary China and modern Chinese history should read this book."— China Journal, "The book is impressively researched and documented, and the findings and arguments are clearly and cogently presented . . . Andreas offers in this book a serious and sophisticated analysis of an important social phenomenon in twentieth-century Chinese history that continues to shape the leadership structure of China today."—Hua-yu Li, East Asia "In providing this thought provoking analysis [Andreas] has not only made a contribution to our understanding of China in the second half of the twentieth century but also helps us to think about why the Chinese Communist project, inaugurated with such idealism in 1949, went wrong and therefore what future idealists might need to think about as they embark on their own revolutions."—Peter Wood, Hong Kong Economic Journal, " Rise of the Red Engineers provides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China .... The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism."—Johanna Bockman, American Journal of Sociology, "This is an essential book for specialists seeking to understand the murky issues of class in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949; it is also highly engaging and accessible to non-specialists."-Sigrid Schmalzer, American Historical Review, "Joel Andreas's Rise of the Red Engineers is ambitious in scope and analyzes the "transformations of China's class structure since the 1949 Revolution" with rigor and style. . . . Andreas's work brings fresh perspective to our understanding of class in China, of the machinations of the Cultural Revolution, and of twentieth-century experiments in Communism in comparative perspective"—Denise Y. Ho, China Review International, "Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group."—Thomas P. Bernstein,Political Science Quarterly., "The book is impressively researched and documented, and the findings and arguments are clearly and cogently presented . . . Andreas offers in this book a serious and sophisticated analysis of an important social phenomenon in twentieth-century Chinese history that continues to shape the leadership structure of China today."-Hua-yu Li, East Asia "In providing this thought provoking analysis [Andreas] has not only made a contribution to our understanding of China in the second half of the twentieth century but also helps us to think about why the Chinese Communist project, inaugurated with such idealism in 1949, went wrong and therefore what future idealists might need to think about as they embark on their own revolutions."-Peter Wood, Hong Kong Economic Journal, " Rise of the Red Engineers provides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China . . . The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism."-Johanna Bockman, American Journal of Sociology, "Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group."-Thomas P. Bernstein, Political Science Quarterly, " Rise of the Red Engineers is a welcome contrast to scholarship on contemporary China that dismisses the Mao years as crazy or as irrelevant to the reform period. Andreas takes the ideology and policies of the Mao era seriously and judges the results of Mao's programs by their own stated goals . . . Andreas' signal achievement is in using complex human stories to construct a compelling and tightly packaged argument that pushes us to think about the world in new ways. He succeeds because his goal is to explain what happened and why, rather than to give the entire Mao era a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Everyone interested in contemporary China and modern Chinese history should read this book."- China Journal, "Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group."—Thomas P. Bernstein, Political Science Quarterly, Andreas provides a sweeping sociological history of Tsinghua University, told through the lens of class formation and the politics of social mobility. He chronicles Tsinghua's role as a crucible of elite formation from the early imposition of Communist|9780804760775|, " Rise of the Red Engineers provides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China . . . The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism."--Johanna Bockman, American Journal of Sociology, "Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group."--Thomas P. Bernstein, Political Science Quarterly " Rise of the Red Engineers is a welcome contrast to scholarship on contemporary China that dismisses the Mao years as crazy or as irrelevant to the reform period. Andreas takes the ideology and policies of the Mao era seriously and judges the results of Mao's programs by their own stated goals . . . Andreas' signal achievement is in using complex human stories to construct a compelling and tightly packaged argument that pushes us to think about the world in new ways. He succeeds because his goal is to explain what happened and why, rather than to give the entire Mao era a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Everyone interested in contemporary China and modern Chinese history should read this book."-- China Journal "Andreas offers not only one of the best books about politics in post-1949 China, but also one of the greatest contributions to the study of the new class in general . . . This theoretically informed, empirically rich study will reach far beyond its particular subject, and should appeal to all readers interested in social stratification, intellectuals, socialist and postsocialist societies, and comparative-historical sociology."-- CHOICE "This is an important study of the Maoist effort to shape China's new generations of political and technocratic elites and the consequences. Joel Andreas focuses on China's premier technology university as the keystone of this effort, explains why the university erupted in violence during the Cultural Revolution, and analyzes the shifts in status today of the political, technocratic, and moneyed elites. This is one of the very best books about China that I have read in recent years."--Jonathan Unger, Director, Contemporary China Center, Australian National University "This study of the recruitment and training of a technocratic elite in China reads like a chronicle of the rise and fall of revolutionary communism. Andreas brings back into analysis structural questions of power largely ignored in recent studies of Chinese politics, and shows how the Cultural Revolution ironically played a formative part in the coming together of old and new elites."--Arif Dirlik, Professor of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong "Andreas provides a sweeping sociological history of Tsinghua University, told through the lens of class formation and the politics of social mobility. He chronicles Tsinghua's role as a crucible of elite formation from the early imposition of Communist rule on an elite university, through the struggles of the Cultural Revolution and the post-Mao restoration, up through the recent resurgence of high-tech capitalism in the university's Science Park. This book is absorbing reading for those interested in the tortuous course of the Chinese revolution."--Andrew G. Walder, the Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology, Stanford University, "Rise of the Red Engineersprovides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China .... The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism."—Johanna Bockman,American Journal of Sociology., "This is an important study of the Maoist effort to shape China's new generations of political and technocratic elites and the consequences. Joel Andreas focuses on China's premier technology university as the keystone of this effort, explains why the university erupted in violence during the Cultural Revolution, and analyzes the shifts in status today of the political, technocratic, and moneyed elites. This is one of the very best books about China that I have read in recent years." -Jonathan Unger, Director, Contemporary China Center, Australian National University, "Andreas provides a sweeping sociological history of Tsinghua University, told through the lens of class formation and the politics of social mobility. He chronicles Tsinghua's role as a crucible of elite formation from the early imposition of Communist rule on an elite university, through the struggles of the Cultural Revolution and the post-Mao restoration, up through the recent resurgence of high-tech capitalism in the university's Science Park. This book is absorbing reading for those interested in the tortuous course of the Chinese revolution." -Andrew G. Walder, the Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology, Stanford University, "The book is impressively researched and documented, and the findings and arguments are clearly and cogently presented . . . Andreas offers in this book a serious and sophisticated analysis of an important social phenomenon in twentieth-century Chinese history that continues to shape the leadership structure of China today."--Hua-yu Li, East Asia "In providing this thought provoking analysis [Andreas] has not only made a contribution to our understanding of China in the second half of the twentieth century but also helps us to think about why the Chinese Communist project, inaugurated with such idealism in 1949, went wrong and therefore what future idealists might need to think about as they embark on their own revolutions."--Peter Wood, Hong Kong Economic Journal, "Rise of the Red Engineersis a welcome contrast to scholarship on contemporary China that dismisses the Mao years as crazy or as irrelevant to the reform period. Andreas takes the ideology and policies of the Mao era seriously and judges the results of Mao's programs by their own stated goals... Andreas' signal achievement is in using complex human stories to construct a compelling and tightly packaged argument that pushes us to think about the world in new ways. He succeeds because his goal is to explain what happened and why, rather than to give the entire Mao era a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Everyone interested in contemporary China and modern Chinese history should read this book."-China Journal, "This study of the recruitment and training of a technocratic elite in China reads like a chronicle of the rise and fall of revolutionary communism. Andreas brings back into analysis structural questions of power largely ignored in recent studies of Chinese politics, and shows how the Cultural Revolution ironically played a formative part in the coming together of old and new elites." -Arif Dirlik, Professor of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, "Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group."--Thomas P. Bernstein, Political Science Quarterly, "In providing this thought provoking analysis [Andreas] has not only made a contribution to our understanding of China in the second half of the twentieth century but also helps us to think about why the Chinese Communist project, inaugurated with such idealism in 1949, went wrong and therefore what future idealists might need to think about as they embark on their own revolutions."—Peter Wood, Hong Kong Economic Journal, "Andreas offers not only one of the best books about politics in post-1949 China, but also one of the greatest contributions to the study of the new class in general...This theoretically informed, empirically rich study will reach far beyond its particular subject, and should appeal to all readers interested in social stratification, intellectuals, socialist and postsocialist societies, and comparative-historical sociology."-CHOICE, "This is an essential book for specialists seeking to understand the murky issues of class in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949; it is also highly engaging and accessible to non-specialists."—Sigrid Schmalzer,American Historical Review., "This is an essential book for specialists seeking to understand the murky issues of class in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949; it is also highly engaging and accessible to non-specialists."--Sigrid Schmalzer, American Historical Review
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.5/24095109045
Synopsis
Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. In a fascinating account, author Joel Andreas chronicles how two mutually hostile groups--the poorly educated peasant revolutionaries who seized power in 1949 and China's old educated elite--coalesced to form a new dominant class. After dispossessing the country's propertied classes, Mao and the Communist Party took radical measures to eliminate class distinctions based on education, aggravating antagonisms between the new political and old cultural elites. Ultimately, however, Mao's attacks on both groups during the Cultural Revolution spurred inter-elite unity, paving the way--after his death--for the consolidation of a new class that combined their political and cultural resources. This story is told through a case study of Tsinghua University, which--as China's premier school of technology--was at the epicenter of these conflicts and became the party's preferred training ground for technocrats, including many of China's current leaders., Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today.
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