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Maos Last Revolution

Name: Maos Last Revolution
Author: Roderick Macfarquhar

Auteur: Roderick Macfarquhar

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Roderick Macfarquhar Michael Schoenhals

Co-auteur: Michael Schoenhals

Engels
Paperback
9780674027480
01 april 2008
752 pagina's

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The authors explain why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and show his Machiavellian role in masterminding it (which Chinese publications conceal). In its critical analysis of Chairman Mao and its portrait of a culture in turmoil, this book offers the most authoritative and compelling account to date of this seminal event in Chinese history.

The Cultural Revolution was a watershed event in the history of the People’s Republic of China, the defining decade of half a century of communist rule. Before 1966, China was a typical communist state, with a command economy and a powerful party able to keep the population under control. But during the Cultural Revolution, in a move unprecedented in any communist country, Mao unleashed the Red Guards against the party. Tens of thousands of officials were humiliated, tortured, and even killed. Order had to be restored by the military, whose methods were often equally brutal.

In a masterly book, Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals explain why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and show his Machiavellian role in masterminding it (which Chinese publications conceal). In often horrifying detail, they document the Hobbesian state that ensued. The movement veered out of control and terror paralyzed the country. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing—Mao’s wife and leader of the Gang of Four—while Mao often played one against the other.

After Mao’s death, in reaction to the killing and the chaos, Deng Xiaoping led China into a reform era in which capitalism flourishes and the party has lost its former authority. In its invaluable critical analysis of Chairman Mao and its brilliant portrait of a culture in turmoil, Mao’s Last Revolution offers the most authoritative and compelling account to date of this seminal event in the history of China.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 april 2008
Aantal pagina's: 752
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Roderick Macfarquhar
Tweede Auteur: Michael Schoenhals
Co Auteur: Michael Schoenhals
Hoofduitgeverij: The Belknap Press

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Originele titel: Mao's Last Revolution

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 159 mm
Product hoogte: 38 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 163 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 48 mm
Verpakking lengte: 232 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 934 g

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EAN: 9780674027480

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Categorieën: Wetenschap & Natuur

Geschiedenis

Aarde & Milieu

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Hedendaagse geschiedenis ( v.a. 1945)

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Taal: Engels
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