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A Marxist Interpretation of Chinese History
Roy, M.N.
Publisher: New England Free PressYear First Published: 1946 Pages: 31pp Price: $0.20 Resource Type: Pamphlet Roy argues that there is nothing essential about Chinese history. Instead he asserts that Chinese culture, like its Greek and Indian counterparts, is conditioned by the historical evolution of private property. The development of early Chinese civilization stagnated due to a lack of cattle and horses to be domesticated into a means of production. During the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the resulting insufficiency of surplus derived from agriculture retarded the development of Chinese society. The pamphlet concludes by asserting that the structure of contemporary Chinese society is a result of the conditions of production at these earlier stages of Chinese history. Subject Headings |