Mao Zedong and China in the twentieth-century world
Subtitle: a concise history
By: Rebecca E. Karl.
Series: Asia-pacific : culture, politics, and society; Asia-Pacific
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham [NC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780822347804; 9780822347958
Subjects: Mao, Zedong, -- 1893-1976; Heads of state -- China -- Biography; China -- History -- 1949-1976; China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgements; title: China in the world in Mao's youth; title: From liberal to communist, 1912/1921; title: Toward the peasant revolution, 1921/1927; title: Establishing revolutionary bases : from Jinggangshan to Yan'an, 1928/1935; title: Yan'an, the war of resistance against Japan, and civil war, 1935/1949; title: Stabilizing society and the transition to socialism, 1949/1957; title: Great leap and restoration, 1958/1965; title: The cultural revolution : politics in command, 1966/1969; title: The cultural revolution : denouement and death of Mao, 1969/1976; title: Reform, restoration, and the repudiation of Maoism, 1976/present.