Ideal for anyone wishing to know more about one of the most defining figures of the 20th century Asian history
Fascinating story of Mao's life - from his childhood to his time as leader of China
Considers Mao the man as well as Mao the leader - exploring the major events in his life and his revolutionary writings
Examines the events that led to the Cultural Revolution and its historical impact
Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over five million copies sold worldwide
As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth. He was a founder of both the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army, and for many years he fought on two fronts, for control of the Party and in an armed struggle for the Party's control of the country. His revolution unified China and began its rise to world power status. He was the architect of the Great Leap Forward that he hoped would make China both prosperous and egalitarian, but instead ended in economic disaster resulting in millions of deaths. It was Mao's growing suspicion of his fellow leaders that led him to launch the Cultural Revolution, and his last years were dogged by ill-health and his despairing attempts to find a successor whom he trusted.
Delia Davin provides an invaluable introduction to Mao, showing him in all his complexity; ruthless, brutal, and ambitious, a man of enormous talent and perception, yet a leader who is still detested by some and venerated by others.
Delia Davin, Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Leeds
Delia Davin taught at Leeds University from 1988 until her retirement in 2004, where she is now emeritus professor of Chinese Studies. Her research interests were focussed on women and gender issues in China and she is the author of Womanwork, Women and the Party in Revolutionary China (OUP, 1976). She wrot...
Delia Davin, Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Leeds
Delia Davin taught at Leeds University from 1988 until her retirement in 2004, where she is now emeritus professor of Chinese Studies. Her research interests were focussed on women and gender issues in China and she is the author of Womanwork, Women and the Party in Revolutionary China (OUP, 1976). She wrote some of the earliest studies of the single child policy in China and with other colleagues she translated and edited Chinese Lives, an oral history of contemporary China (Penguin, 1989). Her abiding interest in Mao Zedong and the history of Maoist China was inspired by her experience of living in Beijing.
目录
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1: Formative years
2: Marxist Labour organizer to Peasant Revolutionary
3: Achieving pre-eminence 1934-1949
4: The revolution institutionalized: first years of the People's Republic
5: The Great Leap Forward and its Aftershocks
6: The Cultural Revolution
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1: Formative years
2: Marxist Labour organizer to Peasant Revolutionary
3: Achieving pre-eminence 1934-1949
4: The revolution institutionalized: first years of the People's Republic
5: The Great Leap Forward and its Aftershocks
6: The Cultural Revolution
7: Decline and death
8: Assessments and legacies
References and further reading
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Recent research has also shown that the export of opium grown in the base area was quietly permitted to flourish. The border regions survived and even grew. By 1945 their population had reached nearly 100 million. Mao's policies after 1949 often reflected nostalgia for the successful mass mobilization policies of this era. (查看原文)
For many Chinese intellectuals, Yan'an under Mao came to symbolize a modest utopia. They saw it as a revolutionary society free from corruption and from the restrictions the traditional family imposed on the individual, offering effective opposition to the Japanese and hope for a new China. (查看原文)
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6 有用 chaosmori 2022-10-10 01:57:46 美国
毛毛历险记
1 有用 别回头呀 2023-03-28 22:27:59 上海
确实很短 但是时间线很清晰。有些出乎意料的记录。经历过起伏，妄图让自己走上神坛，也是敢想敢做的一生了
6 有用 长相忆 2025-10-30 23:55:54 湖南
作者读过的材料太少，还不如老一辈西方学者，很多结论堪称恶毒，比如什么“ji huang的chief architect”。很多文字游戏和材料误读，典型的就是根据杨未寄出的信件“证明”杨知道🐱和贺的关系……杨要是知道🐱还活着，也不至于那么难过了。最恶心的还是以己度人，小孟的回忆不看，就自顾自在那猜，因为他晚年孤独，所以就XXX。
1 有用 真理部 2022-10-30 23:57:40 北京
合格的short introduction 。
73 有用 Muraveinik 2019-06-11 21:22:11
对毛的生平有了个大概的了解。不用说，最关注的问题是：反抗传统，理想主义，被60年代西方一代崇拜的毛怎么变成Kaiser的。我的理解是，其实毛并非绝对权力导致绝对腐败，或者谁能无过，他的乌托邦主义从青年时代到后期，从来没有动摇过。他希望以一己之力让中国成为人间天堂。遭受批评，大权旁落，这是他不能接受的。他始终在忧郁中国是否走错了道路，官僚机构是否又回来了，他要不断反抗，不断矫正，然而不断的政治运动在... 对毛的生平有了个大概的了解。不用说，最关注的问题是：反抗传统，理想主义，被60年代西方一代崇拜的毛怎么变成Kaiser的。我的理解是，其实毛并非绝对权力导致绝对腐败，或者谁能无过，他的乌托邦主义从青年时代到后期，从来没有动摇过。他希望以一己之力让中国成为人间天堂。遭受批评，大权旁落，这是他不能接受的。他始终在忧郁中国是否走错了道路，官僚机构是否又回来了，他要不断反抗，不断矫正，然而不断的政治运动在建国后带来的大多是惨绝人寰的灾难。 (展开)