Year 12 ATAR Modern History Unit 3
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution
Andreas, J. (2009). Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China’s New Class. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Retrieved from Questia School database.
Bo, Z., & Wang, J. (2006). The Cultural Revolution. In, History of Modern China. Retrieved from History Reference database.
Chinese Cultural Revolution posters. (2013). Retrieved from https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/collection/bb67250839
This website features a digital library of propaganda posters created by different Chinese Government agencies from 1968-1989.
Clare, J. D. (n.d.). The Cultural Revolution. Retrieved from http://www.johndclare.net/China9.htm
This website provides a summary of the Cultural Revolution and its impact.
Cultural Revolution campaigns (1966-1976). (2016). Retrieved from https://chineseposters.net/themes/cultural-revolution-campaigns.php
This website features posters created during the Cultural Revolution.
Dikotter, F. (2016). The Cultural Revolution: a people’s history. History Today, 66(9), 10-19. Retrieved from History Reference Centre database.
Ebrey, P.C. (2010). Radical reunification: The People’s Republic 1949-1976. In The Cambridge illustrated history of China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
France 24 English. (2016, September 12). Special show on China’s Cultural Revolution, 50 years on [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0BnVFS62xM
Goyette, B. (n.d.). From the archives: how The Times covered China’s Cultural Revolution. Retrieved from http://documents.latimes.com/la-fg-china-cultural-revolution-archives/
This website features newspaper articles reporting on the Cultural Revolution while it was happening.
Hay, J. (2012). The Chinese Cultural Revolution. Michigan: Greenhaven Press.
It was the worst of times. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.economist.com/news/china/21698701-china-still-denial-about-its-spiritual-holocaust-it-was-worst-times
Joseph, W.A. (2018). Songs of China’s Cultural Revolution. Retrieved from http://academics.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/CRSongs/crsongs.htm
This website features songs with translations from the Cultural Revolution.
Kucha, G., & Llewellyn, J. (2015). The cultural revolution begins. Retrieved from http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/cultural-revolution-begins/
Langley, A. (2008). The cultural revolution: years of chaos in China. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books.
Li Zhensheng: a Chinese photographer’s odyssey through the cultural revolution. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.contactpressimages.com/lizhensheng/toc.html
This website features photographs taken during the Cultural Revolution.
Macfarquhar, R., & Schoenhals, M. (2006). Mao’s Last Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. Retrieved from Questia School database.
Mr Allsop History. (2013, January 21). China under Mao – the Cultural Revolution [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPuvFXv8Gos
Murray, L. (2016, April 29). China’s Cultural Revolution 50 years later from the people whop were there. The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved from http://www.afr.com/lifestyle/chinas-cultural-revolution-has-tragic-and-sinister-echoes-today-50-years-later-20160425-goeq40
Phillips, T. (2016, May 11). The Cultural Revolution: all you need to know about China’s political convulsion. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/11/the-cultural-revolution-50-years-on-all-you-need-to-know-about-chinas-political-convulsion
Szczepanski, K. (2018). What was the Chinese Cultural Revolution?. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-the-cultural-revolution-195607
Slavicek, L.C. (2010). The Chinese Cultural Revolution. New York: Chelsea House.
Smitha, F. E. (n.d.). The Cultural Revolution. Retrieved from http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch25prc6.htm
Straits Times. (2016, May 15). Analysis: how the cultural revolution changed China [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_63MpSt5w
Red Guard
Kucha, G., & Llewellyn, J. (2015). The Red Guards. Retrieved from http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/red-guards/
Szczepanski, K. (2018). Who were China’s Red Guards?. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/who-were-chinas-red-guards-195412
Down to the countryside movement
Beng, K.K. (2016, May 16). Cultural Revolution ruined his life, says former sent-down youth. The Straits Times. Retrieved from https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/cultural-revolution-ruined-his-life-says-former-sent-down-youth
Up to the mountains, down to the village (1968). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://chineseposters.net/themes/up-to-the-mountains.php
Weiyi, W., & Hong, F. (n.d.). The rise and fall of the “up to the mountains and down to the countryside” movement: a historical review. Rozenberg Quarterly. Retrieved from http://rozenbergquarterly.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-up-to-the-mountains-and-down-to-the-countryside-movement-a-historical-review/
Gang of Four
Kucha, G., & Llewellyn, J. (2015). The gang of four. Retrieved from http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/gang-of-four/
Szczepanski, K. (2018). What Was the Gang of Four in China?. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-gang-of-four-195613
Weisskopf, M. (1980, November 16). China charges Gang of Four with plot to overthrow government. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/16/china-charges-gang-of-four-with-plot-to-overthrow-government/00e6c166-54a4-4e3f-bc46-ff4c2eaa9103/?utm_term=.fb9970019fba
This is a newspaper article from the time period.
