Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace China's

In Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace Yihong Pan tells her story, and that of her generation of urban middle school graduates sent to the countryside during China's Rustication Movement.

Yihong Pan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Abbreviations

vii

Explanatory Notes

viii

Acknowledgments

ix

Table

xi

Introduction

1

(8)

Before the Countryside

9

(26)

Why Was There a Rustication Movement? An Examination of the Goals of the Government

35

(27)

Why Did I Go to the Countryside?

62

(24)

Life on the Army and State Farms

86

(26)

Life in Rural Villages

112

(26)

Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace

138

(27)

Reeducation in the Vast Land

165

(16)

Love and Marriage

181

(23)

The ``Back to the City Wind''

204

(17)

``We Want to Go Home;'' ``We Want Human Rights''

221

(17)

No Regrets for Our Youth? or Youth Sacrificed in Vain?

238

(28)

Epilogue

266

(3)

Bibliography

269

(10)

Index

279

(4)

About the Author

283

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Tempered in the Revolutionary Furnace China's Youth in the Rustication Movement

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