(Esonero) 4. The Socialist Era, 1949–1978: Big Push Industrialization and Policy Instability

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4.1 The Big Push Development Strategy

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4.2 The Command-Economy System in China

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4.3   Policy Instability

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4.3.1   Economic Recovery, 1949–1952

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4.3.2   1953 and 1956: The Twin Peaks of the First Five-Year Plan

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4.3.3   Retrenchment: The “Hundred Flowers” of 1956–1957

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4.3.4   The Great Leap Forward, 1958–1960

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4.3.5   Retrenchment: Crisis and “Readjustment,” 1961–1963

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4.3.6   Launch of the Third Front, 1964–1966: Expansion Hijacked by Radicalism

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4.3.7   Retrenchment: The Cultural Revolution, 1967–1969

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4.3.8   The Maoist Model: A New Leap in 1970

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4.3.9   Retrenchment: Consolidation and Drift, 1972–1976

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4.3.10   The Leap Outward: 1978 and the End of Maoism

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4.3.11   A Final Turning Point: The Third Plenum and the Beginning of Economic Reform

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4.4   Legacies of the Socialist Period

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4.4.1   The Legacy of Growth and Policy Instability

4.4.2   Achievements and Shortcomings of the Development Strategy

4.4.3   Human Capital Base