The Reach of the State Karen Stollznow both in print and online

both in print and online

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The Reach of the State Karen Stollznow both in print and onlineThese four conceptual and critical essays on state and society in contemporary China argue vigorously against the grain of prevailing scholarly interpretation. In substantive content, they explore two major themes from different historical and theoretical points of departure. First, the author argues that the party state under Mao fell far short of the full control over China's peasant society that outside observers often assumed it had achieved. She