David Crook
David Crook (14 August 1910 – 1 November 2000) was a British communist who spent most of his life teaching in China. A committed Marxist from 1931, he joined the International Brigades to fight against the Spanish nationalists in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). After being wounded in combat, he was recruited by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, and was sent to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). There he met and married his wife, Isabel, a teacher and social activist. Following the Second World War and the Chinese Civil War, the couple stayed in China and taught English.In 1959, the Crooks published ''Revolution in a Chinese Village, Ten Mile Inn'' and in 1966 came ''The First Years of Yangyi Commune''. The British sinologist Delia Davin wrote that through that "classic study" and other writings and talks, the Crooks "provided a positive picture of China to the outside world at a time when cold war simplifications were the norm." The Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) called ''Revolution'' a "seminal work, which has been bringing the achievements and challenges of the Chinese agrarian revolution to life for English-speaking readers since 1959." Crook died at 90 after spending his last five decades in China, his political beliefs largely unshaken despite five years' imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Crook, David 1947-, Crook, David, Crook, David, 1947-, Crook, David, 1947-, Crook, David, 1947-
Published 1982
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4by Crook, Isabel, Crook, Isabel, Crook, Isabel, Crook, David, 19---, Crook, David, 1947-, Crook, DavidOther Authors: “...Crook, David, 1947-...”
Published 1959
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11Published 2015Other Authors: “...Crook, David, 1947-...”
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13Published 2003Other Authors: “...Crook, David, 1947-...”
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17by Crook, Isabel, Crook, Isabel, Crook, Isabel, Crook, David, 1910-, Crook, David, 1910-2000Other Authors: “...Crook, David, 1947-...”
Published 1979
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