"Great Leap Forward" aimed to galvanize China's economic development. Review the major components of this initiative, including mass mobilization of rural workers in water works projects, backyard steel production, impersonal people's communes, and their final catastrophic failure through faulty engineering and massive bureaucratic errors. Presented by Richard Baum From The Series "The Fall and Rise of China" www.wondrium.com/youtube/the-fall-and-rise-of-china 0:00 Mao vs. Russians in Race to Communism 0:36 Problems with Soviet-Style Socialism 1:44 How Farmers were Mobilized 4:38 Decline of Intellectualism 5:36 Shift to Communalism 6:27 Female Liberation or More Drudgery? 7:59 People's Commune Becomes New Ideal 9:59 Wild Media Claims on Farming Innovations 11:29 Large-Scale Division of Labor Begins 12:07 Notorious Blast Furnace Campaign 14:16 War against Nature 16:39 Eliminating Capitalism 18:40 Inflated Food Quotas Pressure Leaders 20:49 Infrastructure Failures 24:07 Lasting Environmental Damage 24:39 Free Rider Problems 25:38 Food Shortage Issues 26:38 Optimism Turns to Despair 27:59 Mao Admits Failures of Movement ------------------------------------------- The Great Courses is the global leader in lifelong learning and our video-on-demand service The Great Courses Plus gives you unlimited, uninterrupted access to a world of learning anytime and anywhere you want it. With courses on thousands of topics, you are sure to find something that will ignite your curiosity and invigorate your passion for learning. **Check us out for FREE by going to www.wondrium.com/youtube/lp/t2/generic?utm_source=Video&utm_medium=Youtube&utm_campaign=1000812 ** In the meantime, enjoy free lectures, course trailers, professor interviews, video clips, and more by subscribing to our YouTube channel. We add new videos all the time. You won’t want to miss a moment! ------------------------------------------- And don't forget to SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos are being added all the time! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=wondrium ------------------------------------------- JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF LIFELONG LEARNERS & BECOME A PART OF THE CONVERSATION: -YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/wondrium -Twitter: twitter.com/wondrium -Facebook: www.facebook.com/wondrium -Instagram: www.instagram.com/wondrium/ -LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-great-courses-by-the-teaching-company -Blog: www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/ #maozedong #chinahistory #greatleapforward

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