Textbook : Rise of the Red Engineers : The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of Chinas New class By Joel Andreas
For this assignment, you are to write a 2-3 page précis for the assigned chapters of Rise of the RedEngineers.
A précis is a concise summary of the main ideas and arguments of a book, chapter, or article.
It must start by identifying the work and the author, along with publication info. You then will presentthe author's main arguments and ideas in your own words.
The idea is to provide an accurate summaryof what the author is writing. For a précis, you can do this chapter by chapter.
The goal is to have you beable to pick out the overall argument and the argument/point of each chapter and represent itaccurately and concisely.