nov. 6, 1996
dear mr,
why don't you send me a copy at my mr associate rate. paperback if it
exists, otherwise hc.
yours/immanuel wallerstein
At 04:31 PM 11/6/96 -0800, mreview@igc.apc.org wrote:
>Dear Educator/Reviewer:
>
>Monthly Review Press has a new title that you might find of
>interest. Exam/Review copies are available. Please contact Renee
>Pendergrass at mreview@igc.apc.org, Monthly Review Press, 122
>West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001, Tel: 1-800-670-9499,
>Fax: (212) 727-3676.
>
>
>RED CAT, WHITE CAT
>China and the Contradictions of "Market Socialism"
>by Robert Weil
>
>"Robert Weil has written a brilliant, powerfully argued book that
>cuts through the hogwash pouring from the West and from China
>about the 'miracle' of the Deng reforms. Weil shows how Deng's
>use of 'capitalism to build socialism' results in the use of
>'socialism to build capitalism.' This is powerful stuff,
>must-reading for all those who care about the future
>of humanity."
> --William Hinton, author of "Fanshen" and "The Great Reversal"
>
>
>After fifteen years of "reforms," China faces a fundamental
>choice. Will it move toward private capitalism, or toward a
>renewal of the collective and socialist basis of its
>revolution?
>
>RED CAT, WHITE CAT begins by examining the tensions growing
>within "market socialism." Weil provides background on
>"marketization," the class forces that produced it, and the
>polarization and social dislocation that it is generating.
>Weil offers a timely analysis of the growing tensions between
>China and the United States and their roots in China's push to
>lead in the world market. He also describes the continuing
>contention between the legacies of Mao Zedong and Deng
>Xiaoping. Finally, making the case for the inherent instability
>of "market socialism," Weil offers a challenging perspective on
>China after Deng, and the implications for the economic and
>political situation worldwide.
>
>Robert Weil teaches sociology and Asian studies at the college
>level. He taught for a year at Jilin University of Technology in
>Changchun, China.
>
>0-85345-968-1 paper/$16.00
>0-85345-967-3 cloth/$32.00/288 pp.
>Economics/International Studies/China
>
>chapters:
>
>Introduction: The "Third Way"
>
>China at the Brink
>
>Of Time and the Changjiang:
> Chinese History Past, Present, and Future
>
>Of Human Rights and Wrongs:
> China and the United States
>
>Meiguo, Zhongguo: "America the Beautiful"
> versus "China the Central"
>
>Mao and Deng: "One-and-a-Half-"
> or "Two-Line" Struggle?
>
>Conclusion: The Motive Force of History
>
>Notes
>
>Index
>
>
>
Immanuel Wallerstein
iwaller@binghamton.edu
Fernand Braudel Center
Binghamton University
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