I have to admit I don't have anything that goes into this in detail, or maybe I do but I haven't read those books yet, but I'm piecing things together.

The People's History of Ideas podcast is REALLY good to get insight into pre-revolutionary China, but it's very dry and not yet finished after many years. The guy who does it is apparently a professor and is very knowledgeable, his discussion about what tenants went through under landlords and Mao's history as a peasant-tenant organizer made everything click in terms of why people were so ready to kill landlords and why Mao permitted it. Totally understandable, honestly.

I can't remember what I've engaged with in terms of the trials and Cultural Revolution era type stuff anymore. This is the only article I could find in my bookmarks at this point: https://archive.is/41gu3

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@Lavender@hexbear.net I strongly recommend reading 'Fanshen' which is a classic account of land reform in a single village.

The documentary 'How Yukong Moved the Mountains', in the chapter 'A Woman, A Family' contains a horrific description of one woman's life during landlord rule.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

Thank you, I will!