Book Reviews : Chinese Intellectuals and the Revolution of 1911. The Birth of Modern Chinese Radicalism. By MICHAEL GASSTER. (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1969. Pp. xxix, 288. $9.50.) The Land Revolution in China, 1930-1934. A Study of Documents. By TSO-LIANG HSIAO. (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1969. Pp. ix, 361. $12.50.) Shanghai Journal. An Eyewitness Account of the Cultural Revolution. By NEALE HUNTER. (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Pp.311. $7.95.) The Thirty-Sixth Way. The Story of a Young Woman Who Escaped from Red China. By LAI YING. Translated, adapted, and edited by Edward Behr and Sidney Liu. (Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. Pp. 204. $5.95.) The Communist Revolution in Asia. Tactics, Goals, and Achievements. Edited by ROBERT A. SCALAPINO (Second edition). (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969. Pp. viii, 424. Paper, $4.95. Cloth, $8.95.)
| Published date | 01 March 1970 |
| Date | 01 March 1970 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591297002300117 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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The
data
gathered
in
this
volume
on
international
assistance
is
prodigious
and
an
extended
annex
entitled
&dquo;The
Development
Situation&dquo;
provides
background
material
on
the
political,
social
and
economic
situation
in
Latin
America,
Africa,
and
Asia.
To
the
reader
the
annex
may
be
more
valuable
than
the
charts
and
data
in
the
bulk
of
the
report
since
the
latter
tends
to
rely
rather
heavily
on
per-
centage
figures
which
are
interesting
within
themselves
but
often
obscure
the
real
situation,
i.e.,
if
rich
country
A
grows
at
6
percent
and
poor
country
B
at
9
percent
how
meaningful
is
this
in
real
terms?
However,
this
may
be
considered
a
minor
criticism
given
the
wealth
of
information
which
is
now
available
to
the
student
of
foreign
aid.
A
more
difficult
problem
arises
with
regard
to
the
recommendations
of
the
Commission.
It
is
not
that
the
proposals
presented
are
not
carefully
spelled
out
and
backed
by
supporting
data.
Nor
are
they
very
unusual.
The
major
question
they
raise
is,
how
politically
realistic
are
they?
The
Report’s
ten
goals
are:
(1)
to
create
a
framework
for
free
and
equitable
international
trade;
(2)
to
provide
mutually
beneficial
flows
of
foreign
private
investment;
(3)
to
establish
a
better
partnership,
a
clearer
purpose
and
a
greater
coherence
in
development
aid;
(4)
to
increase the
volume
of
aid;
(5)
to
meet
the
problem
of
mounting
debts;
(6)
to
make
aid
administration
more
effective;
(7)
to
redirect
technical
assistance;
(8)
to
slow
the
growth
of
population;
(9)
to
revitalize
aid
to
education
and
research;
and
(10)
to
strengthen
the
multilateral
aid
system.
Within
each
of
these
general
goals
a
number
of
specific
recommendations
are
presented,
most
of
which
will
find
ready
acceptance
among
those
acquainted
with
the
problems
of
international
assistance.
At
the
same
time,
the
declining
interest
in
foreign
aid,
problems
of
economic
nationalism,
the
balance
of
payments
and
disillusionment
with
foreign
programs
all
leave
the
reader
with
gnawing
doubts
as
to
the
efficacy
of
specific
proposals.
Thus,
this
Report
should
probably
be
read
for
its
highly
useful
data
and
as
a
set
of
goals
greatly
to
be
desired
but
not
immimently
expected.
Rice
University
FRED
R.
VON
DER
MEHDEN
Chinese
Intellectuals
and
the
Revolution
of
1911.
The
Birth
of
Modern
Chinese
Radicalism.
By
MICHAEL
GASSTER.
(Seattle
and
London:
University
of
Washington
Press,
1969.
Pp.
xxix,
288.
$9.50.)
The
Land
Revolution
in
China,
1930-1934.
A
Study
of
Documents.
By
TSO-LIANG
HSIAO.
(Seattle
and
London:
University
of
Washington
Press,
1969.
Pp.
ix,
361.
$12.50.)
Shanghai
Journal.
An
Eyewitness
Account
of
the
Cultural
Revolution.
By
NEALE
HUNTER.
(New
York:
Frederick
A.
Praeger,
1969.
Pp.311.
$7.95.)
The
Thirty-Sixth
Way.
The
Story
of
a
Young
Woman
Who
Escaped
from
Red
China.
By
LAI
YING.
Translated,
adapted,
and
edited
by
Edward
Behr
and
Sidney
Liu.
(Garden
City:
Doubleday
&
Company,
Inc.,
1969.
Pp.
204.
$5.95.)
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