The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956
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The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956
Book Details
- Author
- Jan Kiely
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- China
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780300185942
- ISBN-10
- 0300185944
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ISBN: 0300185944
Author: Kiely, Jan
Condition: New
In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into a key component of Mao Zedongs revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it was employed in Chinas prison system, Kielys thought-provoking work brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and he details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political use.
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The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956
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