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Precarious relations: rural cadres and the socialist education movement in Mao's China, 1962-1966

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In the Mao era, rural cadres served at the basic unit of party organs and administration organizations responsible for governing the life of villagers who constituted about 80 percent of the Chinese population. These cadres remain important players in connecting villagers and the countryside to the state in today’s China. Drawing upon previously inaccessible archives, in particular 350 personal dossiers of the cadres, from Hebei province, this thesis explores how male cadres constructed th...

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HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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