Yo Banfa!,.Rewi Alley, $1.35 from: New World Press 13 5 East 44th New York, NY 10017 1952 When this New Zealander's efforts to organize factory workers , into cooperatives proved too radical (and.effective) for the Kuomintang, he joined the communist forces. He's still there today. A good picture of the terrible oppression of pre-communist China. Once the fighting was over, it was time to turn full efforts to the on-going struggle of changing people's lives-continuing the real revolution: Fanshen, William Hinton, Vintage, 1966, $2.95 from: Random House 201 East 50th New York, NY 10022 The best account I know of a small village's efforts to "tu~n itself over"-dealing with former landlords and spies, dividing. up the land (this had to be clone several times as thei_r perceptions of "fairness" changed), and consciousness-raising-th.e continuous process of teaching each other to be effective farmers and comrades. Warmly written. Although I haven't read them, I'm sure Hinton's later books, Iron Oxen (1971) and Turning Point in China (about the Cultural Revolution, 1972), are equally perceptive. • Priso_ners of Liberation, Allyn and Adele Rickett, Anchor Press, 1973, $2.50 from: Doubleday 501 Franklin Ave. . Garden,City, NY 11530 . Two Americans convicted of ~pying in the period during th~ Korean War and sentenced to prison. A fascinating account of the criticism/self-criticism process by which they dealt with their crime (including their distaste for the Chinese as a people-even though they had been.Chinese language stud.ents) and and their totally changed attitudes following their release after four years. They now work with the AFSC in this country. Away With All Pests, J. S. Horn, from: 1969 $2.45 Monthly Review Press 62 W. 14th St.• New York, NY 10011 This is one of my favorites-if you're only reading one China· book, pick this one. By an English doctor who immigrated with his family in the '50s. A fine perspective on the process of humanizing health car~-one of the more su.ccessful of the efforts to truly serve the people. Here are some more up-to-date t?ings covering specific topics: Women and Child ~are in China, Ruth Sidel, 1972, $1.25 from: Penguin Books, Inc. 7110 Ambassador Road Baltimore, MD 21207 China: Science Walks on '(wo Legs, Scie·nce for the People, Avon Books, 1974, $1.75 from: Hearst Corporation 959 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10019 ✓ Barefoot Doctor's Manual, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, Public Health Service Publication No. 75-695 (NIH) $9.75 from: • U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 See RAIN, Vol. II, No. 5, Feb./March 1976. May 1976 RAIN Page 9 "Rural Industrialization in China," John Sigurdson, in China: A Reassessment of the Economy, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, July 101 1975, 24 pp. The ]!..ole of Small Scale and Rural.Jndustry and Its Interaction with.Agriculture and Large Scale Industry in China, John Sigurdson, 1974, 169 pp. from: The Economic Research Institute Box 6501 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden These papers both cover the same ground. Accessibility,determines preferability. Thoughtful analysis of the purposes, successes, failures, and evolution of Chinese rural industry. Reveals very different intents and purposes than U.S. a.t. developments, yet useful overlays. A full monograph on the subject by Sigurdson will be published later this year by the East Asian Research Center at Harvard. China Books and Periodicals is the best way to keep up with current writings. They carry all the books here and many, many more, including the writings of Mao and other revolutionaries, Chinese language books, children's books, records and maps. They also carry material on Vietnam and other Third World liberation struggles-includjng a number of books and pamphlets in Spanish..Write them for their extensive catalogue. West Coast Center 2929 24th St. San Fran'cisco, CA 94110 East Coast Center 125 5th Ave. New York, NY 10003 • Midwest Center 210 W. Madison St. Chicago, I,L 60606 Well, how that you're all fired up to go to China, talk to the U.S. People'_s Friendship Association, National Office, 2700 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90057. :find out which of the many local chapters is nearest you-they p'-t.n together trips regularly in addition to sponsoring discussion groups, speakers, films, etc. They also publish a quarterly magazine that's full of interesting pictures and a wide variety of articles. It's available on many newsstands: * New China 41 Union Square West New York, NY 10003 $4/yr. ($8 institutions)
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