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Names: Yang, Guobin.

Title: The Red Guard generation and political activism in China / Guobin Yang.

Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016. | Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015039845 | ISBN 9780231149648 (cloth : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780231520485 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Chongqing (China)—Politics and government—20th century. | Hong wei bing—History—20th century. | Hong wei bing—Biography. | Political activists—China—Chongqing—Interviews. | Social movements—China—Chongqing—History—20th century. | Youth—Political activity—China—Chongqing—History—20th century. | Political violence—China—Chongqing—History—20th century. | Interviews—China—Chongqing. | Urban-rural migration—Political aspects—China—History—20th century. | China—History—Cultural Revolution, 1966–1976.

Classification: LCC DS796.C59257 Y36 | DDC 951/.38—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039845

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