Mao: A Very Short Introduction

Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution.

• | By (Author): Delia (Emeritus Professor Of Chinese Studies, University Of Leeds) Davin
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2013
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 019958866X
• | ISBN-13: 9780199588664