Author: Wou, Odoric Y. K. [1938 - ]
Title: Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan
Description: Stanford [CA], Stanford University Press, 1994. orig.cloth. 24x15cm, vii,477 pp. Textual maps. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ A study of the roots of revolution in the Chinese province of Henan, this book describes in detail more than two decades (1925 to 1949) of efforts by the Communist party to build mass support for revolution. It is the first study of its kind to be based on internal party documents only recently opened to scholars. The author studies the interaction in Henan between the Communist revolutionaries and various groups that constituted the social base of the revolution - workers, religious sectarians, rural elites, student intellectuals, the military, and, above all, the peasantry." - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Chinese Political History, Henan Sheng, Communist Party, Communism, Politics, Revolution, Revolutionary, ,