Thought of Mao Tse-Tung

Name: Thought of Mao Tse-Tung
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ISBN: 9780521310628

ISBN-10: 0521310628

ISBN-13: 9780521310628

Edition: 1989

Authors: Stuart Schram

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The most general and probably the most lasting expression of Mao Tse-Tung's contribution to the Chinese revolution was his thought. Stuart Schram's new book examines the unfolding of Mao's ideas, and in doing so sheds new light on other aspects of Mao Tse-Tung's life and times. The author traces the stages in the formation of Mao's thought from the May Fourth period through the Peasant Movement, the long years of armed struggle against the Kuomintang and the Japanese invaders, the foundation of a new state, his efforts to devise a "Chinese road to socialism," the Sino-Soviet split, and the so-called "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution." The author offers a fascinating and sure-footed…

Book details

List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/13/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.86" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Mao Tse-tung's thought to 1949


From the student movement to the peasant movement 1917-1927


Party, army and masses 1927-1937


National contradictions and social contradictions 1937-1940


The triumph of Mao Tse-tung's thought 1941-1949


Conclusion: Toward a people's democratic modernizing autocracy?



Mao Tse-tung's thought from 1949 to 1976


From people's democracy to contradictions among the people


Mao's search for a 'Chinese road'


Causes and consequences of the Sino-Soviet split


The ideology of the Cultural Revolution


In search of Mao Tse-tung's ideological legacy


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index