Mao Zedong and China in the twentieth-century world : a concise history /

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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Main Author: Karl, Rebecca E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:Asia-Pacific.
Subjects:
Mao, Zedong, > 1893-1976.
Heads of state > China > Biography.
China > History > 1949-1976.
China > History > Republic, 1912-1949.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • China in the world in Mao's youth
  • From liberal to communist, 1912/1921
  • Toward the peasant revolution, 1921/1927
  • Establishing revolutionary bases : from Jinggangshan to Yan'an, 1928/1935
  • Yan'an, the war of resistance against Japan, and civil war, 1935/1949
  • Stabilizing society and the transition to socialism, 1949/1957
  • Great leap and restoration, 1958/1965
  • The cultural revolution : politics in command, 1966/1969
  • The cultural revolution : denouement and death of Mao, 1969/1976
  • Reform, restoration, and the repudiation of Maoism, 1976/present.

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