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Village China at War

The Impact of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945

by (author) Dagfinn Gatu

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2008
Category
China, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774814584
    Publish Date
    Jul 2008
    List Price
    $37.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774814577
    Publish Date
    Aug 2007
    List Price
    $95.00

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Forged in the furnace of the anti-Japanese war, Chinese communism first took root in the North, later expanding to conquer all of China. The nature of this explosive growth remains disputed. Dagfinn Gatu examines issues that have so far not received comprehensive treatment. In the North China regions, the CCP secured most of its recruits and its policy programmes were most severely tested by Japanese military campaigns. The CCP movement in these regions had a broad, if uneven, redistributive impact on power resources. These conditions lead to a structural fluidity that lowered the barriers to a future revolution.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Dagfinn Gatu teaches politics at Japan Women’s University, Tokyo.

Editorial Reviews

A rich source of ideas and innovative approaches.

Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

In addition to contributions to linguistic theory, Pulleyblank offers stimulating interpretations of specific sound systems ... [his] innovative reasoning is lucidly expressed and the evidence is set forth plainly.

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