Model Rebels
Author | : Bruce Gilley |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2001-02-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520225336 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520225333 |
Rating | : 4/5 (333 Downloads) |
Download or read book Model Rebels written by Bruce Gilley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-02-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the chronicle of a village on the northern China plains during the post-1978 economic reforms. It examines how Daqiu Village led by Yu Zuomin, a Communist Party secretary and president of the local industrial conglomerate, became the richest village in China and a model for the rural reforms of the 1980s and early 1990s.