People's China : a brief history - Dietrich, Craig (New York : Oxford University Press, 1994)
Old China and young revolutionaries -- Revolutionaries seize power: 1949-52 -- Socialist transformation: 1953-57 -- The great leap forward: 1958-60 -- Depression, recovery, and struggle at the top: 1960-65 -- The cultural revolution: 1966-69 -- The cultural revolution in retreat: 1969-76 -- Crossing the river, groping for the stones: Reform in the 1980s -- "We must not let the next generation pour a bucket of excrement on our heads": The tragedy at Tiananmen -- The nineties.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-348) and index.
Keywords: China -- History -- 1949-