Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China, 1948–1953

Bibliographic Data

ID6324316
AuthorsWonik Kim (Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume4
Issue4
Pages792-793
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592706600479
OpenAlexW2160263277
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China, 1948–1953. By Hua-yu Li. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield, 2006. 266p. $75.00 cloth. At the heart of Hua-yu Li's argument is the policymaking process of the early People's Republic of China (PRC). Between the years 1948 and 1953, the PRC began its massive and far-reaching socialist transformation. The author suggests not only that Mao Zedong played the decisive role in the drastic policy shift but that he also helped clarify various convoluted economic issues, as well as ignored Stalin's advice on how to achieve socialism

Argument (complex analysis · China · Communism · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rowan · Socialism · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies