Complete, authoritative, and clear, this masterfully selected volume should become the indispensible resource for not only scholars of modern China but also anyone interested in the global history of radical politics in the tumultuous twentieth-century. -- Yiching Wu, University of Toronto Afterlives of Chinese Communism explores the key concepts of revolutionary China and how they have been repurposed in the post-socialist present. This masterful ensemble of essays challenges us to learn from China's socialist past- its visions, accomplishments, and mistakes-as we contemplate our possible futures. -- Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa Cruz This is a varied and valuable collection of short essays on words and concepts. The editors have brought together an admirably diverse set of contributors, allowing them to showcase work done in a wide range of locales and disciplines, and the result is a book that works well as both a text to read straight through and as a resource to dip into when trying to make sense of an issue, a document, or an event associated with the Mao era. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China
