Historical Dictionary of the People’s Republic of China, 1949‐1997

This robust book is number 28 in the excellent series of Asian/Oceanian historical dictionaries published by The Scarecrow Press. While it fits the standard format of its companions, nothing about the People’s Republic of China could ever be standard! Among the array of persons, places and events which are grist to any historical dictionary, there is a heavy larding of official slogans which give this work a flavour all of its own. Thus, among the entries for the letter “P”, such as Party Congress, Peking Opera, Peng Dehuai (a military commander and critic of Mao), the People’s Bank of China,...