{"product_id":"the-world-turned-upside-down","title":"The World Turned Upside Down","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe World Turned Upside Down\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eYang Jisheng\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250829702\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador Paper\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYang Jisheng's \u003ci\u003eThe World Turned Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) marked the zenith as well as the nadir of Mao Zedong's ultra-leftist politics. Following \u003ci\u003eTombstone\u003c\/i\u003e, his groundbreaking and award-winning history of the Great Famine, Yang Jisheng presents the only history of the Cultural Revolution by an independent scholar based in mainland China, and makes a crucial contribution to understanding the lasting influence of those years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe World Turned Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e puts every political incident, major and minor, of those ten years under extraordinary and withering scrutiny, and arrives in English at a moment when contemporary Chinese governance is leaning once more toward a highly centralized power structure and a Mao-style cult of personality.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador Paper","offers":[{"title":"The World Turned Upside Down | Yang Jisheng | Paperback | 9781250829702 | New | Asian History 1689075","offer_id":50808059527426,"sku":"1689075","price":47.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81JZ6_nqt-L.jpg?v=1792458922","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-world-turned-upside-down","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}