Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China

This revisionist history of China's sent-down youth movement draws on rich archival research to show how participants in the movement - the sent-down youth, their parents, and local government officials - disregarded, circumvented, and manipulated state policy, ultimately undermining a decade-long Maoist project.

This study explores the role of drama troupes that were tasked with roaming the countryside in support of Mao's communist revolution in China. Caught between the party and their audiences, the book illustrates how drama troupes, through performance, attempted to resist the ever growing reach of the People's Republic of China state.

In this empirically rich exploration of the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960, Xiaoping Cong interrogates the development of the revolutionary principle of 'self-determination' in the choice of marriage partner.

Curating Revolution examines the relationship between Maoist China's exhibition culture and its political campaigns. From collection to display and from narration to reception, museums and exhibitions made China's Communist revolution material, shaping how people understood its history and ideology and the ways in which they participated in its turbulent political movements.