William H. Hinton

For other people named William Hinton, see William Hinton (disambiguation).
William Hinton
BornFebruary 2, 1919
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 15, 2004 (aged 85)
Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationCornell University (BS)
Occupation(s)Writer, political scientist
MovementMarxism, Maoism
Spouses
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(m. 1941⁠–⁠1954)​
Joanne Raiford
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(m. 1958⁠–⁠1986)​
Katherine Chiu
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(m. 1987⁠–⁠2004)​
Children4, including Carma
MotherCarmelita Hinton
RelativesCharles Hinton (grandfather)
Ethel Voynich (great-aunt)
Joan Hinton (sister)

William Howard Hinton (Chinese: 韩丁; pinyin: Hán Dīng; February 2, 1919 – May 15, 2004) was an American intellectual, best known for his work on Communism in China. A Marxist, he is best known for his book Fanshen, published in 1966, a "documentary of revolution" which chronicled the land reform program of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1940s in Zhangzhuangcun (张庄村, pinyin: Zhāngzhuāngcūn), sometimes translated as Long Bow Village, a village in Shanxi Province in northern China.[1] Sequels (Shenfan) followed the experience of the village during the 1950s and Cultural Revolution. Hinton wrote and lectured extensively to explain the Maoist approach and later to criticize Deng Xiaoping's market-orient reforms.

  1. ^ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (22 May 2004). "New York Times Obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-10-07.