A social history of Maoist China: conflict and change, 1949-1976

Chinese society under Mao: classifications, social hierarchies and distribution

New democracy and the making of new China (1949-1952)

The transformation to state socialism (1953-1957)

The great leap into famine (1958-1961)

The post-famine years: from readjustment to the socialist education campaign (1962-1965)

The rebellion and its limits: the early Cultural Revolution (1966-1968)

Demobilization and restoration: the late Cultural Revolution (1969-1976)

Legacies and continuities of the Mao era in reform China.