Mao Zedong and China in the twentieth-century world : a concise history / Rebecca E. Karl.
Throughout this historical account of Mao Zedong's life and thought, the author places the revolutionary leader's personal experiences, social visions and theory, military strategies, and developmental and foreign policies in a dynamic narrative of the Chinese revolution. She situates Mao...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham [N.C.] :
Duke University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Asia-Pacific.
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| Summary: | Throughout this historical account of Mao Zedong's life and thought, the author places the revolutionary leader's personal experiences, social visions and theory, military strategies, and developmental and foreign policies in a dynamic narrative of the Chinese revolution. She situates Mao and the revolution in a global setting informed by imperialism, decolonization, and third worldism, and discusses worldwide trends in politics, the economy, military power, and territorial sovereignty. She begins with Mao's early life in a small village in Hunan province, documenting his relationships with his parents, passion for education, and political awakening during the fall of the Qing dynasty in late 1911. She traces his transition from liberal to Communist over the course of the next decade, his early critiques of the subjugation of women, and the gathering force of the May 4th movement for reform and radical change. Describing Mao's rise to power, she delves into the dynamics of Communist organizing in an overwhelmingly agrarian society, and Mao's confrontations with Chiang Kaishek and other nationalist conservatives. She also considers his marriages and romantic liaisons and their relation to Mao as the revolutionary founder of Communism in China. After analyzing Mao's stormy tenure as chairman of the People's Republic of China, she concludes by examining his legacy in China from his death in 1976 through the Beijing Olympics in 2008. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 200 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822347804 0822347806 9780822347958 0822347954 |