Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China

by Professor Edward Friedman, Edward Friedman, Friedman Edward, Professor Paul G Pickowicz, Paul Pickowicz, Mark Selden

2005 · Yale University Press

Drawing on nearly 30 years of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state since the 1960's. The authors bring the countryside to life through personal and poignant accounts of villagers across three generations of social upheaval.