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Mao: A Very Short Introduction
Delia Davin
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Description for Mao: A Very Short Introduction
Paperback. Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth. He was a founder of both the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army, and for many years he fought on two fronts, for control of the Party and in an armed struggle for the Party's control of the country. His revolution unified China and began its rise to world power status. He was the ... Read more
As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth. He was a founder of both the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army, and for many years he fought on two fronts, for control of the Party and in an armed struggle for the Party's control of the country. His revolution unified China and began its rise to world power status. He was the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199588664
SKU
V9780199588664
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About Delia Davin
Delia Davin taught at Leeds University from 1988 until her retirement in 2004, where she is now emeritus professor of Chinese Studies. Her research interests were focussed on women and gender issues in China and she is the author of Womanwork, Women and the Party in Revolutionary China (OUP, 1976). She wrote some of the earliest studies of the single ... Read more
Reviews for Mao: A Very Short Introduction
[A] tautly argued, plainly told, luminous story that does full justice to all sides of the argument
The China Journal
The China Journal