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Mao Tse-Tung in the Scales of History

Mao Tse-Tung in the Scales of History

Mao Tse-Tung in the Scales of History

A Preliminary Assessment Organized by the China Quarterly
Editor:
Dick Wilson
Dick Wilson, Benjamin I. Schwartz, Stuart R. Schram, Michel Oksenberg, Jacques Guillermaz, Enrica Collotti Pischel, Christopher Howe, Kenneth R. Walker, Frederic Wakeman Jr, John Gittings, Wang Gungwu, Edward Friedman
Published:
September 1977
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Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780521291903

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    Mao Tse-tung was one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. In this 1977 book, eleven scholars renowned for their penetrating and lively analysis of Mao during his life, here make their assessments of his career and influence, after his death. They consider Mao's claims to be an original thinker; the practical side of his career; his ideas on education; his economic and international preoccupations; and his personality as a Chinese. Dick Wilson's introduction indicates some of the common themes, showing inter alia that Mao was neither as politically powerful, nor intellectually consistent and creative, as outsiders seem to have thought: that, on the contrary, his strength lay in his longevity, his concern for the methodology of social change, and those moral qualities that distinguished him. Very much of its time, this book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to assess China's political history.

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    September 1977
    Paperback
    9780521291903
    344 pages
    215 × 140 × 20 mm
    1.5kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Abbreviations
    • Introduction Dick Wilson
    • 1. The philosopher Benjamin I. Schwartz
    • 2. The Marxist Stuart R. Schram
    • 3. The political leader Michel Oksenberg
    • 4. The soldier Jacques Guillermaz
    • 5. The teacher Enrica Collotti Pischel
    • 6. The economist Christopher Howe and Kenneth R. Walker
    • 7. The patriot Frederic Wakeman Jr
    • 8. The statesman John Gittings
    • 9. The Chinese Wang Gungwu
    • 10. The innovator Edward Friedman
    • Select bibliography
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • Dick Wilson, Benjamin I. Schwartz, Stuart R. Schram, Michel Oksenberg, Jacques Guillermaz, Enrica Collotti Pischel, Christopher Howe, Kenneth R. Walker, Frederic Wakeman Jr, John Gittings, Wang Gungwu, Edward Friedman

    • Editor
    • Dick Wilson