Agents and Victims in South China Accomplices in Rural Revolution Helen F.Siu Yale University Press New Haven and London A fading imprint of Mao Zedong on the wall of an old village house.(16) 不0 27AUG90月
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、 Contents List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments 雄 Prologue:Images Periods in Chinese History xx General Administrative Levels,1958-1983 xxiv Note on Weights and Measures xxiv Introduction Historical Geography 15 Social Cells:Community and Kin 36 Cultural Tissues:A Regional Nexus of Power 57 The Reign of Local Bosses 88 6 Understanding Revolution:The Language of Class 116 Losing Ground:Community Cellularized 143 The Leap:Community Bureaucratized I70 9 Complicity and Compliance 189 10 The Paradox of Power 212 11 The Paradox of Self-Reliance 245 12 State Involution 273 3 Agents and Victims 291 Notes 303 References 341 Glossary 365 Index 373
Figures Photo galleries following pages 56.142.and 272 2.1 South China:Lingnan 17 2.2 Huicheng and Vicinity before 1949 19 2.3 Xinhui County Boundaries,Kangxi Period,Seventeenth Century 21 2.4 Xinhui County Boundaries,Daoguang Period,Nineteenth Century 22 2.5 The Pearl River Delta 23 7.1 Townships in the Huancheng Area,1956 145 8.1 Huancheng Commune and Brigades,1965 172 9 The Party Committee in Huancheng Commune 1970-79 209 9.2 The Revolutionary Committee in Huancheng Commune, 1970-79 210 10.1 Old Waterways in the Huancheng Area 233 10.2 The Plan for the Highway-Dike Project,1975 234 10.3 The Highway-Dike Project-The Parts Completed. 236 Tables 21 Sands in the Delta,1930s 25 5.1 Selected Taxes and Surcharges in Xinhui,1920s-1940s 92 6.1 Committee Members of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government 120
Figures and Tables Figures and Tables 6.2 Delegates of the First Provincial People's Congress,1950 122 11.3 Industrial Development:Comparisons of Huancheng Backgrounds of Leading Cadres in the Prefectural, and Other Communes in Xinhui County,1979 249 6.3 Municipal,and County Governments,Guangdong 11.4 The Background of Leading Cadres in Commune Province,1950 124 Enterprises,1981 258 6.4 Background of Township and Village Cadres in 11.5 Profiles of Workers in the Huancheng Commune Palm- Guangdong and Hunan Provinces,1952 125 Handicraft Factory,1978 261 6.5 Class Compositions,Dongjia and Tianlu Xiang 126 11.6 Profiles of Workers in the Huancheng Commune 261 7.1 Grain and Citrus Production,Xinhui County.1949-82 152 Agricultural Machinery Station,1978 8.1 Enterprises in Huancheng Commune,1958-77 179 11.7 Proflles of Workers in the Huancheng Commune Paper 8.2 Education and Health Care in Huancheng Commune, Factory.1978 262 1961-78 182 11.8 Profiles of Workers in the Huancheng Commune 8.3 Some Statistics for Huancheng Commune,1953-65 186 Agricultural Machinery Factory,1978 263 General Statistics for the Brigades and Teams,1962-82 194 11.9 Enterprise Development,Selected Brigades 266 9.2 General Statistics for the Brigades.1962-82 196 12.1 Cropping Patterns in Dongjia and Tianlu Brigades 275 9.3 Class Differentiations in Selected Brigades,1964 199 12.2 Per Capita Team Income of Tianlu Brigade 278 9.4 Class Differences in Savings and Loans,Yuanqing 12.3 Per Capita Team Income of Dongjia Brigade 282 Cooperative,Dongjia Brigade,1962 200 10.1 Leading Cadres in Selected Brigades,1980 216 10.2 Ages of Leading Brigade Cadres.1980 217 10.3 Grain Production:Planned Acreage and Output 221 10.4 Grain Production:Actual Acreage and Output 222 10.5 Grain Procurement and Consumption for Huancheng Commune 223 10.6 Secondary Crops,Huancheng Commune,1961-78 224 10.7 Major Crops as a Percentage of Total Cultivated Area. 1961-82 225 10.8 Grain Quotas for Selected Brigades,1966-82 227 10.9 Enterprise Performance of Sancun Brigade 241 11.1 The Growth of Commune Enterprises in Huancheng 247 11.2 A Comparison of Commune,Brigade,and Team Output 248