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375 agitprop, 5, 95, 289 Ahern, Emily Martin, 9, 245 All-China Federation of Trade Unions, 154, 168 anarchists, 109, 110 Anderson, Perry, 1–2, 291–92 Andrews, Julia, 188, 216, 217 anti-Christian campaigns, 111, 321n133 antiforeign hostility, 21–22, 22–23 anti-Manchu sentiment, 23, 35–36 Anti-Rightist Campaign (1957), 168, 175–76, 178 Anyuan: Communist Party branch, 10, 145; as conduit for communist movement, 7, 78, 140; known as “China’s Little Moscow,” 10–11, 78, 118; literary and artistic works on, 14, 275–76; symbolic power of, 8, 208–9. See also Anyuan experiment ; Anyuan labor movement; Anyuan mine; Anyuan revolutionary tradition; Anyuan workers Anyuan Anti-Communism Commission , 139 Anyuan experiment, 7, 118, 120, 122– 23, 124–25, 149. See also Anyuan revolutionary tradition Anyuan Great Strike, The (opera), 170–71, 332n56 Anyuan Is a Good Place (television program), 272 Anyuan labor movement: in the construction of Anyuan’s revolutionary tradition, 163–64; cultural positioning in, 76; establishment of the workers’ club, 57–58; gradual approach to mobilization, 60–61; histories of, 180–83, 333–34n86; reinterpretation of, 247–48. See also Anyuan workers’ club Anyuan martyrs, 166, 224 Anyuan mine: accidents and injuries at, 28, 101–2, 112, 201, 274, 279, 351n68; centennial of, 268; closing of, in 1939, 145; conditions at, 28–29, 29, 200–201; during the Cultural Revolution, 207, 231, 267; and decreased demand during Little Moscow period, 104; established by Pingxiang Mining Company, 17–23; histories of, 180; under Nationalist control, 144–45, 146; occupied by PLA during Cultural Revolution, 210; original entrance to, 31fig.; police force of, 132–33, 140, 147; production at, 138, 160, 178–79, 238, 274; reactivation of, after the Communist takeover, 160; underground organization in Index 376 / Index Anyuan mine (continued) preparation for Communist takeover , 146–47; workforce of, 20–21, 160–61, 178–79, 274, 302n23; workrelated illness at, 201. See also Anyuan workers; Pingxiang Mining Company Anyuan miners. See Anyuan workers Anyuan Railway and Mine Workers’ Labor Movement Memorial Hall: after reform and opening, 267– 68; contemporary view of, 271fig.; establishment of, in 1965, 196–97; name change, after the Cultural Revolution, 236–37; removal of Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan, 236; renovation of, 252–54, 254–55, 256, 272–73, 348n23; souvenir shop of, 271. See also Memorial Hall to Chairman Mao’s Revolutionary Activities at Anyuan Anyuan revolutionary tradition, 153– 54; and the Anyuan workers’ club, 161; Communist Party view of, 293; and cultural patronage, 12–13; interpretations of, 11, 13–14, 121, 155, 203, 237, 244, 247–48, 258–59, 276–79, 293–94; rewriting of, 183– 84; use of, in insurgency, 159; use of phrase, 187; waning interest in, 273–74. See also Anyuan experiment ; revolutionary histories (gemingshi) “Anyuan week” (2005), 270 Anyuan workers: anti-Communist, 138; bonuses of, 105; and Chiang Kai-shek, 130–31; conflicts with Communist leaders, 104–9; during the Cultural Revolution, 239– 40; and development of Red Army, 150–51; dismissed after September Massacre, 117; female, 178–79; gained control of the mine in Red Terror, 132–35; health of, 28, 201; Hunan origins of, 50, 55; interpersonal relations, 21; issued dog tags, 145; layoffs of, 145, 268–69; and the Mao cult, 204; mentality of, 149– 50, 264–67, 277; and the Northern Expedition, 129–30, 323n13; organized peasant associations in Hunan, 128–29; political roles of, 143–44, 151; positive assessment of the Mao era, 277; pride in their work, 201–2; protests, 27, 268, 269; as Red Army recruits, 141, 142–44; residential housing for, 29, 201, 336–37n135; role in militarization of the countryside, 117; spiritual power of, 251; status of, 104–5, 265; support groups for, 101–2; as troops in the Autumn Harvest Uprising , 137; used historical connection to seek assistance, 172–74; wages and benefits of, 238, 265; welfare in old age, 173–76, 269, 278; wives of, 317n51. See also Anyuan workers ’ club Anyuan workers’ club: anniversary of strike victory, 115, 169; anti-Liu exhibit, 225; approval of hires by mining company, 101; arbitration committee of, 103; attacked during Cultural Revolution, 207–9; bloody suppression of, 115–17, 124– 25, 126; branches of, 80; building for, 82–83, 83fig., 87, 139; campaigns during Hundred Flowers Movement, 175–76; conflicts with the local elite, 109–13; consumers’ cooperative, 61–62, 99–101, 100fig.; as core symbol of the Anyuan revolutionary tradition, 161; cultural programs of, 94–99; during the Cultural Revolution, 225; and decline of secret society...

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