Maoism: A Global History
Julia Lovell
*** WINNER OF THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDINGSHORTLISTED FOR DEUTSCHER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING***'Revelatory and instructive [a] beautifully written and accessible book' The TimesFor decades, the West has
special price ฿371. Maoism: a global history – how china exported revolution around the world the party initially claimed its legitimacy sprang from defeating japan and exiling its domestic opponents to taiwan. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Around 1968 communism expanded as a global movement, especially in the developing world, while hitting a crisis of legitimation in europe. In the western world the late 1960s saw young people aspiring to revolutionary change that involved both individual liberation and social justice. —julia lovell, professor of modern china at birkbeck, university of london and author of maoism: a global history jeffrey wasserstrom has long been a master of unearthing shared resonances in the human experience across ages and in different societies.
. 'a landmark work giving a global panorama of mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' jonathan fenby since the 1980s, china seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of mao's revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism. The 2020 cundill history prize jury on maoism: a global history by julia lovell, published by the bodley head (uk), knopf (us) -- a finalist for the leading international prize for history writing. Maoism: a global history, by julia lovell, bodley head, rrp£25, 624 pages. Subscribe to ft life on youtube for the latest ft weekend videos. The cover of maoism at the grassroots: everyday life in china’s era of high socialism, published in 2020 by harvard university press, is a revolutionary departure from standard depictions of the chinese communist revolution.
. julia lovell, maoism: a global history, bodley head, 2020. Professor julia lovell's account of the spread of maoism like a cancer. On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of quotations from chairman mao, this edited volume is the first to examine the little red book as a global historical phenomenon, challenging established ideas about the book and re-examining the history of the twentieth-century world. 10 mar 2020. Maoism: a global history, by julia lovell, bodley head, £30 get the latest news on the coronavirus we have launched a daily public interest bulletin to deliver all the updates and vital. Julia lovell is professor of modern china at birkbeck college, university of london. Her most recent book is maoism: a global history (bodley head, 2020). Her several translations of modern chinese fiction into english include the real story of ah q, and other tales of china (penguin classics, 2010). Princeton university scholar benjamin elman has studied the history of east asia for most of his intellectual life. Instead of getting easier, it has become more complicated — which for him is a good thing. Elman's ongoing interest is to re-examine our understanding of china and japan by rethinking how the history of east asia has been told, especially in the west, but also in china, japan international professional organization for modern chinese studies, affiliated with the association for asian studies and the american. – famineweb – comparative history of famines, supports research and teaching related to famines in world history, courtesy of the university of melbourne – historical society for twentieth-century china
History of nepal: ancient nepal, the early kingdom of the licchavis, transitiona global history. [alexander c cook;] -- mao zedong's little red book (quotations from chairman mao) - a compilation of the chinese leader's speeches and writings - is one of the most visible and ubiquitous symbols of twentieth-century Julia lovell’s maoism embodies everything the cundill history prize is here to celebrate. Deeply researched, beautifully written, and truly global in its scope, this book will find audiences right around the globe. ” - antonia maioni, dean of the faculty of arts at mcgill university. In this book event, professor julia lovell will be talking about her new book on maoism as a global phenomenon with professor harriet evans as discussant. For decades, the west has dismissed maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Get this from a library! mao's little red book
by lovell, julia. Maoism: a global history A history professor reports that at his school, the administration is seriously considering setting up an anonymous reporting system for students and professors to report “bias” that they have