How Maoism Was Made focuses on the history of the early years in China after 1949, featuring new scholarship by academics across Europe and North America. The field of early PRC history has been transformed by the unprecedented accessibility of archives from the 1990s to the early 2010s. Sixteen contributors show how the revolutionary system was built and maintained by the efforts of non-elite actors, including scientists, farmers, designers, artists, cadres, and ordinary citizens. By abandoning the Cold War political work of vilifying or celebrating Chinese communism, How Maoism Was Made aims to render the history of the Maoist system comprehensible to specialists and non-specialists alike, by viewing it through the lens of people who made it. Chinese communism is revealed to be a set of beliefs and practices that inspired millions of people to (re-)build their country and find a new life within it, at times with tragic consequences.
| ISBN: | 9780197267813 |
| Publication date: | 26th December 2024 |
| Author: | British Academy |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
Asian history History of science Society and Social Sciences |
How Maoism Was Made focuses on the history of the early years in China after 1949, featuring new scholarship by academics across Europe and North America. The field of early PRC history has been transformed by the unprecedented accessibility of archives from the 1990s to the early 2010s. Sixteen contributors show how the revolutionary system was built and maintained by the efforts of non-elite actors, including scientists, farmers, designers, artists, cadres, and ordinary citizens. By abandoning the Cold War political work of vilifying or celebrating Chinese communism, How Maoism Was Made aims to render the history of the Maoist system comprehensible to specialists and non-specialists alike, by viewing it through the lens of people who made it. Chinese communism is revealed to be a set of beliefs and practices that inspired millions of people to (re-)build their country and find a new life within it, at times with tragic consequences.
How Maoism Was Made features in the following genres: Asian history, History of science, Society and Social Sciences
How Maoism Was Made is available in Hardback
How Maoism Was Made was written by British Academy and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP
How Maoism Was Made has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series
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