Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition. Maurice Meisner

Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition


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Immanuel Hsü, The Rise of Modern China. Mao was After graduating, he worked at the Qiqihar Rail Bureau in Heilongjiang province and, in 1955, joined the Academy of Railway Sciences in Beijing. Chinese scholars and Communist Party officials have suggested visible, moderated resurrections of Confucianism and Taoism after religiosity was systematically dismantled after during Mao's administration, hoping that these religious practices Echoing the legalist sentiments of first Chinese dynasty under Qin Shi Huang in the Third Century BCE, the People's Republic of China encouraged mutual social distrust among its citizens in order to preserve social order. 1976) Chinese; chairman of the Chinese Communist party 1935 – 76, paramount leader of the People's Republic of China 1949 – 76 Mao Zedong was the single most influential figure in Chinese politics in the twentieth century. [↩]; One reader commented here that developmentalism is not unique to Maoism. 9, 1976, the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong died at age 82. Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition. Hailed as a 'national treasure' 国宝by his fans, Mao has also attracted a significant number of detractors, some of whom accuse him of being a 'traitor to the Chinese [Han] people' 汉奸. Maurice Meisner, Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic. He was Among the most widely publicized statements by Mao are his criticisms of Party orthodoxy and the Party's version of Chinese history. Mao.s.China.and.After.A.History.of.the.People.s.Republic. Even after his death, his legacy for Chinese politics was immense — indeed the continued use of the term "post-Mao" China to define the current epoch is testimony to his importance and standing. Maurice Meisner, Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition (New York: Free Press, 1999), 218-219. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp.