A Critical Introduction to Mao
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- Editor: Timothy Cheek, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- Date Published: October 2010
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- isbn: 9780521711548
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Mao Zedong's political career spanned more than half a century. The ideas he championed transformed one of the largest nations on earth and inspired revolutionary movements across the world. Even today Mao lives on in China, where he is regarded by many as a near-mythical figure, and in the West, where a burgeoning literature continues to debate his memory. In this book, leading scholars from different generations and around the world offer a critical evaluation of the life and legacy of China's most famous - some would say infamous - son. The book brings the scholarship on Mao up to date, and its alternative perspectives equip readers to assess for themselves the nature of this mercurial figure and his significance in modern Chinese history.
Read more- Engaging and comprehensive introduction for students and non-specialists to one of the most important political figures of the twentieth century
- Notable and influential scholars from across the generations debate and discuss Mao's life, his work and his legacy
- Complete with photographs, a map, a timeline and suggested readings
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17th Oct 2024 by UName-445746
critics consider him a dictator comparable to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin who severely damaged traditional Chinese culture, as well as a perpetrator of systematic human rights abuses who was responsible for an estimated 40 to 70 million deaths through starvation, forced labour and executions, ranking his tenure as the top incidence of democide in human history.
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- Date Published: October 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521711548
- length: 392 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- contains: 16 b/w illus. 2 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Mao's World:
1. Mao, revolution, and memory Timothy Cheek
2. Making revolution in twentieth-century China Joseph Esherick
3. From urban radical to rural revolutionary: Mao from the 1920s to 1937 Brantly Womack
4. War, cosmopolitanism, and authority: Mao from 1937 to 1956 Hans J. van de Ven
5. Consuming fragments of Mao Zedong: the chairman's final two decades at the helm Michael Schoenhals
6. Mao and his followers Frederick C. Teiwes
7. Mao, Mao Zedong thought, and communist intellectuals Hung-yok Ip
8. Gendered Mao: Mao, Maoism, and women Delia Davin
9. Mao the man and Mao the icon Daniel Leese
Part II. Mao's Legacy:
10. For truly great men, look to this age alone: was Mao Zedong a new emperor? Geremie Barme
11. Recent Mao Zedong scholarship in China Xiao Yanzhong
12. Third world Maoism Alexander Cook
13. Mao's journeys to the west: meanings made of Mao Charles W. Hayford
14. Two perspectives on Mao Zedong Jiang Yihua and Roderick MacFarquhar.
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