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Mao Zedong and China in the twentieth-century world: a concise history

·2011·Choice Reviews Online
DOI 10.5860/choice.48-5260
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Throughout this lively and concise historical account of Mao Zedong’s life and thought, Rebecca E. Karl places the revolutionary leader’s personal experiences, social visions and theory, military strategies, and developmental and foreign policies in a dynamic narrative of the Chinese revolution. She situates Mao and the revolution in a global setting informed by imperialism, decolonization, and third worldism, and discusses worldwide trends in politics, the economy, military power, and territorial sovereignty. Karl begins with Mao’s early life in a small village in Hunan province, documenting his relationships with his parents, passion for education, and political awakening during the fall of the Qing dynasty in late 1911. She traces his transition from liberal to Communist over the course of the next decade, his early critiques of the subjugation of women, and the gathering force of the May 4th movement for reform and radical change. Describing Mao’s rise to power, she delves into the dynamics of Communist organizing in an overwhelmingly agrarian society, and Mao’s confrontations with Chiang Kaishek and other nationalist conservatives. She also considers his marriages and romantic liaisons and their relation to Mao as the revolutionary founder of Communism in China. After analyzing Mao’s stormy tenure as chairman of the People’s Republic of China, Karl concludes by examining his legacy in China from his death in 1976 through the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

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Venue
Choice Reviews Online
Publisher
American Library Association
Published
2011-05-01
Volume
48
Issue
09
Pages
48-5260-48-5260
ISSN
  • 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-8253
DOI
10.5860/choice.48-5260
OpenAlex
W1497518013
Cited by
41
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0
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
Type
book review
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
Keywords
Mao Zedong, Chinese revolution, Chinese Communist Party, People's Republic of China, Maoism, May Fourth Movement, imperialism, decolonization, Third Worldism, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese military strategy, women's oppression, Hunan Province

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