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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 205-218 pages with bibliography. Royal octavo (10" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Ethnology Volume XXXI Number 3 complete issue. First edition. Condition: Light edge wear with bumped corners else very good.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st US printing; brown printed wraps, in mylar jacket; 197 clean, unmarked pages.the book analyzes how China's Communist Party (CCP) created a quasi-divine lineup of revered leaders (Mao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping) from the late 1980s to mid-1990s to legitimize its rule amidst ideological decline, corruption, and social problems. The book explores how this "pantheon" served as a tool for new leaders like Jiang Zemin to connect with the past, promote patriotism, and manage succession crises by mythologizing past heroes as symbols of national strength and stability.…

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st US printing; brown printed wraps, in mylar jacket; 197 clean, unmarked pages.the book analyzes how China's Communist Party (CCP) created a quasi-divine lineup of revered leaders (Mao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping) from the late 1980s to mid-1990s to legitimize its rule amidst ideological decline, corruption, and social problems. The book explores how this "pantheon" served as a tool for new leaders like Jiang Zemin to connect with the past, promote patriotism, and manage succession crises by mythologizing past heroes as symbols of national strength and stability.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo, br. ed. pp.197. This book studies the treatment of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other Communist leaders from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. It also unravels the complex political culture in the last phase of Deng s China. The author explores why and how a Chinese Communist pantheon has risen at a time when Communist ideology is fading and the current Chinese leaders are coming to grips with a wide array of moral, social, and economic maladies. The Party has been marred by corruption and the whole society poisoned by greed. Thus, the invention of the pantheon is an important part of the official plan to preserve Communist rule.By highlighting patriotism, riding economic successes, manipulating public sentiment, and re-creating symbols, the state and power elite have skillfully promoted the pantheon to mitigate a legitimacy crisis and to relieve succession pangs. Jiang Zemin and his colleagues, who do not have the charisma of the Communist leaders of the older generation, need to link themselves to the top pantheon with the trinity of Mao, Zhou, and Deng at the top. Yet the pantheon is not merely an official product. Behind the facade of the great worship lies a multitude of intentions, purposes, and meanings, the work of a confluence of different interest groups.…