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When Heroes Pass Away
Dachang Cong
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Description for When Heroes Pass Away
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
This book studies the treatment of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other Communist leaders from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. It also unravels the complex political culture in the last phase of Deng's China. The author explores why and how a Chinese Communist pantheon has risen at a time when Communist ideology is fading and the current Chinese leaders are coming to grips with a wide array of moral, social, and economic maladies. The Party has been marred by corruption and the whole society poisoned by greed. Thus, the invention of the pantheon is an important ... Read more
This book studies the treatment of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other Communist leaders from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. It also unravels the complex political culture in the last phase of Deng's China. The author explores why and how a Chinese Communist pantheon has risen at a time when Communist ideology is fading and the current Chinese leaders are coming to grips with a wide array of moral, social, and economic maladies. The Party has been marred by corruption and the whole society poisoned by greed. Thus, the invention of the pantheon is an important ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761808107
SKU
V9780761808107
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About Dachang Cong
Dachang Cong is Assistant Professor in the School of General Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Reviews for When Heroes Pass Away
A valuable resource for anyone interested in modern mythmaking, this volume will be highly instructive in the classroom.
Frank J. Korom, Boston University A valuable resource for anyone interested in modern mythmaking, this volume will be highly instructive in the classroom.
Frank J. Korom, Boston University
Frank J. Korom, Boston University A valuable resource for anyone interested in modern mythmaking, this volume will be highly instructive in the classroom.
Frank J. Korom, Boston University