Dictators - The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

About the author

Frank Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has pioneered the use of archival sources and published a dozen books that have changed the way historians view China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China (1992) to his last book entitled The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976 (2016). His new book, Dictators and their Cult of Personality, is due for publication in September 2019. Frank Dikötter is married and lives in Hong Kong.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Dikötter
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2020
• EAN: 9781526630537
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-3053-7
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, General and world history, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship