Through a Glass Darkly: American Views of the Chinese Revolution

by William Hinton

Book Overview

Through a Glass Darkly was William Hinton's last book. It draws on a lifetime of immersion in Chinese politics and society, beginning with the seven years he spent in China, working mainly in agriculture and land reform, until 1953. On his return to the United States in that year, Hinton first encountered the distortions and misrepresentations of the Chinese Revolution that he examines in this book.
Hinton defends the achievements of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583671412
• ISBN13: 9781583671412
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"