The Death of Mao - The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China

Informationen zum Autor James Palmer lives in Beijing. He has interviewed many survivors of the Tangshan earthquake and of the Communist Party struggles of that crucial year. His books include The Bloody White Baron! which was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2008! and The Death of Mao ! which John Simpson called 'The best account of Mao's last year that we have.' Klappentext The Death of Mao opens in the summer of 1976, as Mao Zedong lay dying and China was struck by a great natural disaster. James Palmer's The Death of Mao is a major work of Cold War and Chinese history, capturing the moment when Mao Zedong died and China entered a dramatic phase of transition from Communism. Zusammenfassung The Death of Mao opens in the summer of 1976, as Mao Zedong lay dying and China was struck by a great natural disaster.

Product details

• Authors: James Palmer
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9780571244003
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24400-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; China, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Asian History, c 1970 to c 1979, Marxism & Communism