Book Reviews : Power Relations Within the Chinese Communist Movement 1930-1934. A Study of Documents. By TSO-LIANG HSIAO. ( Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1962. Pp. x, 404. $7.50.)
| Author | J. Leo Cefkin |
| Published date | 01 March 1964 |
| Date | 01 March 1964 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/106591296401700123 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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that
a
better
understanding
of
the
foundations
of
urban
life
and
form
might
stimu-
late
increased
and
improved
research
on
specific
urban
questions.
Space
does
not
permit
analysis
and
evaluation
of
the
essays
one
by
one.
How-
ever,
in
order
to
present
some
idea
as
to
the
nature
of
problems
considered
and
observations
made
a
few
of
the
themes
and
contentions
are
listed
here.
Satisfactory
arrangements
for
financing
urban
government
services
have
not
been
developed,
and
governmental
consolidation
does
not
necessarily
lead
to
lower
costs.
A
city
is
not
simply
a
matter
of
geographical
boundaries,
people,
and
building.
There
must
be
&dquo;imageability&dquo;
also.
Urban
land
is
not
simply
something
an
individual
owns
and
exerts
dominion
over,
but
it
also
is
an
artifact.
Because
of
the
widely
held
view
that
American
development
has
been
shaped
largely
by
the
availability
of
free
land
and
by
the
westward
movement,
the
influence
of
agrarian
elements
has
been
overesti-
mated
and
that
of
the
cities
underestimated.
The
intellectual
-
be
he
philosopher,
sociologist,
novelist,
or
whatever
-
views
the
American
city
with
dismay
and
dis-
trust.
Prior
to
the
Civil
War
the
city
was
considered
too
civilized,
and
since
then
not
civilized
enough.
In
studying
urban
politics
we
should
place
less
reliance
on
piecemeal
and
sporadic
data,
and
more
on
a
common
series
of
investigations
under
a
single
research
plan.
The
study
of
the
metropolitan
community
as
a
functioning
whole
has
had
useful
results,
but
the
new
concept
called
&dquo;megalopolis&dquo;
is
awaiting
serious
study.
The
Negro
is
becoming
urban,
and
the
&dquo;Negro
problem&dquo;
is
involved
in
many
urban
decisions.
In
addition
to
technical
knowledge
and
competence,
the
planner
needs
vision
as
to
how
to
achieve
a
more
livable
environment
and
the
knack
of
picking
the
right
moment
in
time
to
act.
This
is
a
challenging
book
and
a
useful
one.
The
interdisciplinary
approach
is
excellent,
and
has
been
carried
farther
than
in
most
urban
studies.
On
the
debit
side
it
may
be
mentioned
that
consideration
of
so
many
important
factors
in
so
few
pages
results
on
occasion
in
lack
of
clarity.
The
slight
mistakes
as
to
pagination
in
the
Table
of
Contents
are
unimportant.
CHRISTIAN
L.
LARSEN
Sacramento
State
College
Power
Relations
Within
the
Chinese
Communist
Movement
1930-1934.
A
Study
of
Documents.
By
TSO-LIANG
HSIAO.
( Seattle :
University
of
Washington
Press,
1962.
Pp.
x,
404.
$7.50.)
This
volume
is
based
upon
two
archival
collections,
presently
located
in
Taiwan
and
heretofore
unavailable
to
scholars.
The
&dquo;study&dquo;
consists
of
267
documents
re-
lated
to
the
Chinese
Communist
movement
but
does
not
reproduce
the
documents
themselves.
The
documents
come
from
Vice
President
Ch’en
Ch’eng’s
personal
files
(called
the
Shih
Sou
Collection)
and
the
collection
of
the
Bureau
of
Investigation
of
the
Chinese
Nationalist
government.
The
subject
matter
of
the
documents
dis-
cussed
concerns
intraparty
policy
debates
and
internal
power
conflicts.
For
ease
in
study
the
documents
have
been
arranged
by
subject
into
chapters,
i.e.,
&dquo;The
Chu-
Mao
Type
of
Policies,&dquo;
&dquo;The
Liquidationists,&dquo; &dquo;The
Li
Li-San
Line,&dquo;
&dquo;The
First
National
Soviet
Congress,&dquo;
and
within
chapters
the
documents
are
arranged
chrono-
logically
where
dates
are
given.
Each
document
is
given
an
English
title
and
includes
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