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Author Sullivan, Lawrence R.

Title Historical dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party / Lawrence R. Sullivan.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 361 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements
Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Acronyms and abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps and charts -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendixes.
Summary The Chinese Communist Party, as the political leader of the world's largest country and second largest economy, plays an undeniably important role in global politics. Founded in a boarding school in Shanghai in 1921, the Chinese Communist Party is one ofthe oldest ruling parties in the world since its takeover of mainland China in 1949 under the leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong. Since its inception, the party has survived a civil war with the Kuomintang (1946-1949); the political, cultural, and humanitarian catastrophe of the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), where upwards of 30 million Chinese civilians died; and the death of the Chinese Communist Party's dominant leader, Mao Zedong, in 1976. In recent years, intellectuals and party members have been given increasing leeway to express their opinions, and Lawrence R. Sullivan takes advantage of this new research to provide a comprehensive history of one of the world's most fascinating political movements. The Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an appendix, an extensive bibliography, and more than 400 cross-reference dictionary entries on key people, places, and institutions. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Chinese Communist Party.
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Subject Zhongguo gong chan dang -- History -- Dictionaries.
Zhongguo gong chan dang.
History.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Subject Political parties -- China -- Dictionaries.
Political parties.
China.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Dictionaries.
Other Form: Print version: Sullivan, Lawrence R. Historical dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011023890
ISBN 9780810874701 (electronic book)
0810874709 (electronic book)
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9781283320573
9780810872257