The Fading of the Maoist Vision: City and Country in China's Development

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First published in 1980. This book analyzes Chinese society and evaluates the achievements and failures of the Maoist ideology. The central theme is the urban and rural balance in China's development from the Revolution to the late twentieth century. The Fading of the Maoist Vision shows how the original Revolutionary blueprint was altered and the ways in which China has steered a different course from that charted by Mao as the ideological vision encountered an increasingly pressing set of economic realities. The book: · Is particularly valuable in setting China's achievements in the larger context of global ideas about the problems of national development and by comparing them to the experience of India in its pursuit of the Gandhian ideal. Cover China : History, Philosophy, Economics Title Page Copyright Original Title Page Original Copyright Table of Contents Maps, Plates, and Table Foreword 1. Cities and theDeveloping World 2. China’s Urban and Anti-urban Past 3. Controlling and Dispersing Urban Growth 4. Walking on Two Legs 5. Planning for a New Urban China 6. Tensions 7. China’s Development Effort in Comparative Context 8. Some Conclusions, and the Future Notes Bibliography Subject Index