Underground: The Shanghai Communist Party and the Politics of Survival, 1927-1937

303 Pages·1998·4.747 MB·English

by  Patricia Stranahan

UNDERGROUND
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UNDERGROUND
The Shanghai Communist Party

and the Politics of Survival, 1927-1937
Patricia Stranahan
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Underground : the Shanghai Communist Party and the politics of
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1. Chung-kuo kung ch’an tang—History. 2. Communism—China—
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Contents
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Going Underground (1927-1928) 17
2. The Shanghai Party Emerges (1928-1931) 61
3. The Dark Days (1931-1934) 103
4. The Red Mass Leagues (1932-1935) 147
5. The High Tide of National Salvation (1936-1938) 185
6. Conclusion 229
Notes 237
Selected Bibliography 257
Glossary of Major Figures 275
Index 279
About the Author 289
vii

List of Tables
1.1 The Five-Level Party Hierarchy in Jiangsu Province and
Shanghai (November 1927-June 1930) 21
1.2 The Three-Level Hierarchy of the Jiangsu Provincial
Committee 45
1.3 Duties of the General-Secretary’s Staff 46
1.4 The Structure and Function of the Jiangsu Provincial
Committee’s Propaganda Committee 48
1.5 The Four-Level Hierarchy of the Fanan District (1927) 50
1.6 Dues Structure for Party Members 53
1.7 Expense Report for the Jiangsu Provincial Committee
(November 1927) 55
1.8 Shanghai District Committee’s Instructions for Writing
Weekly Reports 57
3.1 The Four-Level Party Hierarchy in Shanghai (October
1930-1935) 125
3.2 The East Shanghai District (1934) 127
3.3 The Shanghai Party’s Operations Section Organizational
Plan (August-December 1934) 130
3.4 Social Composition of the Approximately 700 Members
of the Shanghai Communist Party (1932) 133
3.5 Social Composition of the 426 Members of the Shanghai
Communist Party ( 1934) 134
3.6 Breakdown of Arrests Among Members of the Shanghai
Communist Party ( 1934) 137
3.7 Statistics for Training Sessions for Members of the
Shanghai Communist Party ( 1934) 138
6.1 The Three Man Team (July 1937) 231
6.2 The Jiangsu Provincial Committee (November
1937-April 1943) 232
IX
X List of Tables
6.3 The Four-Level Hierarchy of the Jiangsu Provincial
Committee (November 1937-April 1943) 233
6.4 Subdivisions of the Professional Committee (November
1937-September 1945) 234