City Versus Countryside in Mao's China - Jeremy (Simon Fraser University Brown - Bog

The gap between those living in the city and those in the countryside remains one of China's most intractable problems. This powerful work of grassroots history traces the origins of China's rural-urban divide back to the Mao Zedong era. Harrowing accounts reveal how Chinese people fought back against policies that pitted city dwellers against villagers.