Maoism - A Global History

Informationen zum Autor Julia Lovell is Professor of Modern China at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her two most recent books are The Great Wall and The Opium War (which won the 2012 Jan Michalski Prize). Her many translations of modern Chinese fiction into English include Lu Xun's The Real Story of Ah Q, and other Tales of China (2009). She is currently completing a new translation of Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. She writes about China for several newspapers, including the Guardian , Financial Times , New York Times and Wall Street Journal . Klappentext The ideas, influence and legacy of Maoism are taken stock of in this global history, going into the Cold War, the Vietnam War, Paris's 5th Arrondissement and the movement's present-day violent rebirth. Zusammenfassung ‘A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters’ Jonathan Fenby, author of The Penguin History of ChinaSince the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao’s revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism.

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Revelatory and instructive... [a] beautifully written and accessible book David Aaronovitch The Times

Product details

• Authors: Julia Lovell, Lovell Julia
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780099581857
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958185-7
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political leaders & leadership, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Political leaders and leadership, Marxism & Communism