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Unending Capitalism: How Consumerism Negated China's Communist Revolution

Karl Gerth

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Description:What forces shaped the twentieth-century world? Capitalism and communism are usually seen as engaged in a fight-to-the-death during the Cold War. With the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party aimed to end capitalism. Karl Gerth argues that despite the socialist rhetoric of class warfare and egalitarianism, Communist Party policies actually developed a variety of capitalism and expanded consumerism. This negated the goals of the Communist Revolution across the Mao era (1949-1976) and down to the present. Through topics related to state attempts to manage what people began to desire--wristwatches and bicycles, films and fashion, leisure travel and Mao badges--Gerth challenges fundamental assumptions about capitalism, communism, and countries conventionally labeled as socialist. In so doing, his provocative history of China suggests how larger forces related to the desire for mass-produced consumer goods reshaped the twentieth-century world and remade people's lives.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Unending Capitalism: How Consumerism Negated China's Communist Revolution. To get started finding Unending Capitalism: How Consumerism Negated China's Communist Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: What forces shaped the twentieth-century world? Capitalism and communism are usually seen as engaged in a fight-to-the-death during the Cold War. With the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party aimed to end capitalism. Karl Gerth argues that despite the socialist rhetoric of class warfare and egalitarianism, Communist Party policies actually developed a variety of capitalism and expanded consumerism. This negated the goals of the Communist Revolution across the Mao era (1949-1976) and down to the present. Through topics related to state attempts to manage what people began to desire--wristwatches and bicycles, films and fashion, leisure travel and Mao badges--Gerth challenges fundamental assumptions about capitalism, communism, and countries conventionally labeled as socialist. In so doing, his provocative history of China suggests how larger forces related to the desire for mass-produced consumer goods reshaped the twentieth-century world and remade people's lives.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Unending Capitalism: How Consumerism Negated China's Communist Revolution. To get started finding Unending Capitalism: How Consumerism Negated China's Communist Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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