Dream of a Red Factory: The Legacy of High Stalinism in China

Contents......Page 16
List of Tables......Page 18
Note on Transliteration......Page 20
1. Modern China's Stalinist Roots......Page 24
Reading the Soviet Press of 1946–1950......Page 26
The Influence of High Stalinism......Page 28
China's View of the Soviet Model......Page 30
Why High Stalinism?......Page 32
Books the Soviets Translated into Chinese, 1949–1955......Page 35
2. The Reality of the Soviet Management Model......Page 40
High Stalinism and the Role of the Party......Page 41
The Labor Problem in the USSR......Page 42
The Fourth Five-Year Plan: The "Stalin Plan"......Page 47
Conclusion......Page 60
3. Soviet Socialism in Translation......Page 62
Problems of Creating a Chinese Working Class......Page 63
Soviet Enterprise Management Means Party Primacy......Page 65
Worker Mobilization and Motivation in the Factory......Page 68
The Agitator in the Factory......Page 73
The Production Conference......Page 75
Conclusion......Page 77
4. Industrialization: Managing a Socialist Enterprise......Page 79
The Dual Approach to Industrial Enterprise Management......Page 80
The CCP's Industrial Management Mechanism......Page 81
Democratization of Management......Page 86
Conclusion......Page 91
5. Socialization: Creating a Chinese Working Class......Page 93
A New Worldview for Workers......Page 94
The Factory Mass Organizations......Page 101
Worker Socialization in the Factory......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 110
6. Control: Manipulating the Masses......Page 113
Mass Organizations in the Factory......Page 114
Mass Campaigns and Movements......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 127
7. The Triumph of High Stalinism......Page 129
The Worst of Stalinism in Translation......Page 130
Political Control over Economic Rationality......Page 131
CCP Goals: Three Explicit, One Implicit......Page 132
The Lasting Lessons of High Stalinism......Page 135
Appendix: The Soviet Union and China Sign Agreements in Moscow, February 14, 1950......Page 138
Notes......Page 146
Bibliography......Page 170
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S......Page 183
Y......Page 184