Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Xianzhi Pan
Foreign Languages Press
Mao Zedong remains one of the most controversial figures in modern world history. This 'living legacy' is the subject of intense, ongoing debate both within China and throughout the rest of the world. Here, volume II of the only biography of Mao written with full access to the Chinese Communist Party Archives to date is presented in English translation for the first time. This volume, undertaken by the historians of the Party Literature Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, covers Mao's career in the period 1949–1958. As an extended official account of Mao, and Mao's thought, this work offers a unique source through which to view the ways in which today's Chinese Communist Party has understood and portrayed the transformative events of the twentieth century and Mao's pivotal role therein.
- Introduces the official Chinese interpretation of the Mao period
- Based on archives to which no Western scholars have yet had access
- Introductory essay provides context and highlights differences in interpretation
Product details
No date availableHardback
9781107092747
600 pages
228 × 152 mm
0.5kg
Table of Contents
- Introduction to the English Edition: Volume II Chen Yung-fa
- Further Reading on Mao Zedong
- 1. The Chinese People Have Stood Up!
- 2. Mao Zedong's First Visit to the Soviet Union
- 3. The Struggle to Restore the Economy
- 4. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (Part I)
- 5. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (Part II)
- 6. The Struggle against the Three Evils and Five Evils
- 7. The General Line for the Transition Period (Part I)
- 8. The General Line for the Transition Period (Part II)
- 9. New China's First Constitution
- 10. Opening up the Road to Agricultural Cooperatives in China (Part I)
- 11. Opening up the Road to Agricultural Cooperatives in China (Part II)
- 12. Success of the Redemption Policy
- 13. From the Ten Major Relationships to the Eighth National Party Congress (Part I)
- 14. From the Ten Major Relationships to the Eighth National Party Congress (Part II)
- 15. Creating a Peaceful International Environment
- 16. 'On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People', the Rectification Movement and the Anti-Rightist Campaign (Part I)
- 17. 'On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People', the Rectification Movement and the Anti-Rightist Campaign (Part II)
- 18. Mao Zedong's Second Visit to the Soviet Union
- 19. Launching the 'Great Leap Forward' (Part I)
- 20. Launching the 'Great Leap Forward' (Part II)
- 21. The Shelling of Jinmen.
