Book contents
- Across the Great Divide
- Cambridge Studies in the History of the People’s Republic of China
- Across the Great Divide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Stylistic Note
- Introduction
- 1 Farewell to the Huangpu River
- 2 Not All Quiet on the Rural Front
- 3 The Unplanned Economy
- 4 Inappropriate Intimacies
- 5 Urban Outposts in Rural China
- 6 Things Fall Apart
- 7 Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
7 - Epilogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 August 2019
Book contents
- Across the Great Divide
- Cambridge Studies in the History of the People’s Republic of China
- Across the Great Divide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Stylistic Note
- Introduction
- 1 Farewell to the Huangpu River
- 2 Not All Quiet on the Rural Front
- 3 The Unplanned Economy
- 4 Inappropriate Intimacies
- 5 Urban Outposts in Rural China
- 6 Things Fall Apart
- 7 Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
The Epilogue explores experiences of former sent-down youth in the context of the post-Mao economic reforms, particularly their reconnection with the villages in which they had lived during the Cultural Revolution. It looks at the formation of sent-down youth associations in major cities throughout China and the organization of delegations of former sent-down youth to visit the villages. It also looks at initiatives by county leaders to cultivate financial investment by former sent-down youth, their establishment of sent-down youth museums, and the publication of memoirs by former sent-down youth in their counties.
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- Across the Great DivideThe Sent-down Youth Movement in Mao's China, 1968–1980, pp. 170 - 184Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019