Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995

Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995

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This engaging book sketches an intimate portrait of the life of Wang Fucheng, an illiterate peasant who served for thirty years as Communist party secretary of an impoverished village on the north China plain. Born in 1923, Wang Fucheng rose under the Communists from extreme poverty to a position of power and prestige in his village. His account provides a fascinating illustration of the process of social mobility during the Maoist era, the interaction between central and local leaders, and the way central policies were adapted at the village level.

Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995,Peter J. Seybolt,Westview Press,0813331315,1923-1995,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,General,History,Houhua Village (China),Politics/International Relations,Wang, Fucheng,,Biography: political,China,Inter-war period, 1918-1939,Marxism & Communism,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Rural communities,Second World War, 1939-1945

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