The End of the Maoist Era : Chinese Politics During the Twilight of the Cultural Revolution, 1972-1976. by Teiwes, Frederick C.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Tables and Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; The Protagonists in the Politburo, 1972-76; Chapter 1 Coming to Terms with Lin Biao: Ultra-Left and Ultra-Right on the Road to the Tenth Party Congress, 1972-73; Responding to the Lin Biao Crisis; The Critique of the Ultra-Left -- Liberating Cadres; Readjusting the Economy; Reviving Diplomatic Work; Into Sensitive Territory: Culture, Education and Science; From Ultra-Left to Ultra-Right -- The Return of Deng Xiaoping.…”
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The challenge of linear time : nationhood and the politics of history in East Asia by Murthy, Viren, Schneider, Axel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Viren Murthy, Axel Schneider -- [1] Time, history, and moral responsibility -- Negativity and historicist time : facticity and intellectual history of the 1930s / Naoki Sakai -- Ontological optimism, cosmological confusion, and unstable evolution : Tan Sitong's Renxue and Zhang Taiyan's response / Viren Murthy -- Nation, history and ethics : the choices of post-imperial historiography in China / Axel Schneider -- Reading Takeuchi Yoshimi and reading history / Sun Ge -- [2] The burden of the past and the hope for a better future -- An eschatological view of history : Yoshimi Takeuchi in the 1960s / Takahiro Nakajima -- The campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius and the problem of "Restoration" in Chinese Marxist historiography / Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik -- [3] Recollection of the past and the popularization of history -- Popular readings and wartime historical writings in modern China / Long-Hsin Liu -- Figuring history and horror in a provincial museum : the water dungeon, the rent collection courtyard, and the socialist undead / Haiyan Lee -- [4] History and the definition of spatial, cultural and temporal boundaries -- Revolution as restoration : meanings of "national essence" and "national learning" in Guocui Xuebao / Tze-Ki Hon -- Temporality of knowledge and history writing in early twentieth-century China : Liu Yizheng and The history of Chinese culture / Ya-Pei Kuo.…”
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Mao and the cultural revolution. Volume 3, Battling for China's future by Hu, Angang

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Chapter 6 The Political Battle between Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Qing (1973-1976); The 10th National Congress of the CPC and the Rise of Wang Hongwen; Mao Zedong Promoted Deng Xiaoping to Important Positions; Attacks against Lin Biao, Confucius, and Zhou Enlai; Political Struggles at the 4th National People's Congress; Deng Xiaoping's Overall Restoration of Order, and Political Fights with Jiang Qing; Critique of Tale of the Marshes and the Campaign against Deng Xiaoping and the Rightist Tendency; Death of Zhou Enlai and the Tiananmen Square Incident…”
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Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese rule by Khétsun, Tubten, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…The story of my family -- My childhood -- The March 10th uprising -- The Chinese fan the flames of war -- Imprisoned at the Tibet Military District headquarters -- Imprisoned at the Norbu Lingka barracks -- At the Nga-chen power station construction site -- In Téring prison -- In Drapchi prison -- The Trong-nying prison farm -- Back home from prison -- The agitation by the Muslims of Woba-ling -- The fall of the Panchen Lama -- The misuse of education -- The establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region -- The onset of the "Cultural Revolution" -- The June 7th massacre -- A disastrous new year -- Old Tsampa in old Méru -- The Sino-Soviet war brings increased oppression -- The "one smash and three anti's" campaign -- The "great massacre" -- PLA soldiers destroy the fruits of the people's labour in the marshes -- The systematic destruction of Ganden monastery -- Sent to Kongpo as a construction worker for the second time -- The "Xichao Dachang" timber yard -- The Tölung power station construction camp -- The Lin Biao affair -- The defamation campaign -- "Socialist transformation" -- The Banak-shöl production cooperative -- The farmer's life -- The death of Mao Zedong and subsequent developments -- The rewards of my hard work -- Working in the Potala Palace -- At the Tibet Academy of Social Science -- Epilogue: leaving Tibet.…”
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Old Shanghai and the clash of revolution by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's afraid to bribe the policeman -- Capitalists get final financial blow in Cultural Revolution -- Rebels seize power of local governments & armed fights begin the nation over -- How Wu family fares in later period of Cultural Revolution -- Wu family seeks help for permits to Hong Kong & Lin Biao dies -- Genghua starts to translate classics & Cultural Revolution ends -- Genghua gets jobs & shows his talent in English teaching -- Genghua's friend Bai helps to get permits for his mother and brother to go to Hong Kong -- Genghua gets married -- How Genghua and his wife live and work -- Genghua publishes his first book & has a daughter -- Genghua and his family go to the United States.…”
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Gifts, Favors, and Banquets : the Art of Social Relationships in China. by Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui

Table of Contents: “…Using the Past to Negate the Present: Ritual Ethics and State Rationality in Ancient China; Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius -- A Reinterpretation of the Past; 7. …”
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Simon Leys : Navigator Between Worlds. by Paquet, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…'Frivolous' Writings; Memories of Shame; Red Fascism; The Mystery of Lin Biao; A Painful Dose of the Truth; 13. Pierre Ryckmans's New Clothes; Leys & Co.…”
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