HIEA 2031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bo Gu, Leninism, Pavel Mif
1 Nov 2016
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L17 the jiangxi soviet & the long march. The rural problem: growing ever since the early 19th c, 1928-30 north china famine took the lives of 3m ppl due to drought. Destruction of handicraft industry (spinning silk + cotton) Handicraft = one of the few sources of livelihood for peasants to scrap their meager livelihood. Chiang kai-shek"s government didn"t control enough of china to really facilitate or implement any legitimate programs. Additionally, kai-shek"s government would give technology to peasants, but peasants would not know how to use these technoligies: hence, leading to no socioeconomic change. Ccp after shanghai: ccp began to have growing support among peasants as they spoke to peasants about their issues. Growing peasant base in their party as opposed to gmd: the consequential terror after shanghai, li lisan. Believed strongly that the revolution will unfold by mobilizing urban industrial labor (the proliferate)
