Description:
This study of Communist Party strategy analyses the peasantry, their goals and collective actions, the social contradictions of pre-revolutionary China and the relations between communists and peasants.
Brief description: Jenny Clegg is a China specialist. She first visited China in 1971 and has followed its development and international role ever since. She was awarded a PhD by the University of Manchester for her thesis on peasants and revolution in China in 1989. She subsequently became a Senior Lecturer in Afro-Asian Studies and Asia Pacific Studies at universities in the North of England. She continues to research and write about China from a Marxist perspective.
Review Quotes:
Storming the Heavens is a major accomplishment. It combines detailed historical analysis of China's agrarian social relations, prior to 1949 and beyond, with a keen sense of theory.
David Laibman, Professor Emeritus, Economics, City University of New York; Editor Emeritus, Science & Societ
This book is very important for any Chinese scholar who wishes to learn about the perspectives of research from experts outside China.
Cheng Enfu, Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; President of the World Association for Political Econom
For those who wish to understand the origins of the Chinese revolution, this book is an essential guide to negotiating the complex terrain of the agrarian class structure in pre-revolutionary China.
Utsa Patnaik, Professor Emerita at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Based on forty years of research, it is focused on the dynamic and transforming relationship between the Communist Party of China and China's diverse peasant communities.
John Foster, Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, UWS