Author:
Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953-
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxii, 400 p. ; 25 cm.
Note:The Beijing Red Guards : an introduction -- The assault on power structures : work teams in the universities -- The genesis of division : sources of opposition and conflict -- Divided at birth : the university Red Guards -- Class and violence : the high-school Red Guards -- Radicals with patrons : the rise of the rebels -- Dissent and its suppression : challenging the Maoist elite -- Factions reborn : networks at cross-purposes -- Endgame : fighting not to lose -- Hierarchy and rebellion : reflections on the Red Guards -- Glossary of names -- Beijing Red Guard chronology -- Work-team case histories.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.