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Thirty Years of New China

The Beginning and End of Mao Zedong's Dictatorship, 1949~1976

Tang Degang is a historian and biographer who specializes in oral history. In the latter half of his life, he settled in the United States and taught at Columbia University and the City University of New York. In the field of history, he put forward the "Three Gorges Theory of History", which divides the change of Chinese social system into three major stages: feudalism, imperialism, and civil rule. The book was originally titled Mao Zedong's Dictatorship, 1949~1976, but was renamed Thirty Years of New China when it was released on the mainland.
Title
Thirty Years of New China
Description
Tang Degang is a historian and biographer who specializes in oral history. In the latter half of his life, he settled in the United States and taught at Columbia University and the City University of New York. In the field of history, he put forward the "Three Gorges Theory of History", which divides the change of Chinese social system into three major stages: feudalism, imperialism, and civil rule. The book was originally titled <i>Mao Zedong's Dictatorship, 1949~1976</i>, but was renamed <i>Thirty Years of New China </i> when it was released on the mainland.
Release Date
1999
Format
Book
Era
Maoist Era (1949-1978)
The Cultural Revolution Period (1966-1976)
The Great Leap Forward/Great Famine Period (1958-1962)
The Anti-Rightist Campaign Period (1957-1958)
Creator
Tang Degang
Themes
The Cultural Revolution

Intellectuals

Farmers' Rights and Rural Issues

Mao Zedong

Land Reform (1947-1953)

Intra-Party Conflict and Purges

Communist Party Political System

History of the Chinese Communist Party

The Anti-Rightist Campaign

The Great Leap Forward/The Great Famine

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