| Edition |
First United States edition. |
| Description |
610 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-588) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- What is Maoism? -- The Red Star: revolution by the book -- The brainwash: China and the world in the 1950s -- World revolution -- Years of living dangerously: The Indonesian connection -- Into Africa -- Mao's dominoes?: Vietnam and Cambodia -- "You are old, we are young, Mao Zedong!": Maoism in the United States and Western Europe -- Red Sun over Peru: The shining path -- China's chairman is our chairman: Maoism in India -- Nepal: Maoism in power? -- Mao-ish China -- Conclusion -- Chronology. |
| Summary |
"Since the heyday of Mao Zedong, there has never been a more crucial time to understand Maoism. Although to Western eyes it seems that China has long abandoned the utopian turmoil of Maoism in favour of authoritarian capitalism, Mao and his ideas remain central to the People' Republic and the legitimacy of its communist government. As disagreements and conflicts between China and the West are likely to mount, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao will only become more urgent. Yet during Mao's lifetime and beyond, the power and appeal of Maoism has always extended beyond China. Across the globe, Maoism was a crucial motor of the Cold War: it shaped the course of the Vietnam War (and the international youth rebellion it triggered) and brought to power the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; it aided, and sometimes handed victory to, anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa; it inspired terrorism in Germany and Italy, and wars and insurgencies in Peru, India and Nepal, some of which are still with us today - more than forty years after the death of Mao. In this new history, acclaimed historian Julia Lovell revaluates Maoism, analysing both China's engagement with the movement and its legacy on a global canvas. It's a story that takes us from the tea plantations of north India to the sierras of the Andes, from Paris's 5th Arrondissement to the fields of Tanzania, from the rice paddies of Cambodia to the terraces of Brixton. Starting from the movement's birth in northwest China in the 1930s and unfolding right up to its present-day violent rebirth, this is the definitive history of global Maoism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
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Communism -- China -- History.
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HISTORY / Asia / China.
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.
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Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. (OCoLC)fst00028307
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Communism. (OCoLC)fst00870421
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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| Topical Term |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General. |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Lovell, Julia, 1975- author. Maoism New York : Knopf, 2019 9780525656050 (DLC) 2019013115 |
| ISBN |
9780525656043 hardcover |
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0525656049 hardcover |
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9780525656050 (ebook) |
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