Mao Zedong and China's Revolutions: A Brief History with Documents

by Timothy Cheek

Combining a historical overview of China's Communist revolutions with bioographical information of and selected writings from Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong and China's Revolutions provides a fascinating window into the Chinese experience from the 1920s onward.

Genres: History, China, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2002

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of Mao Zedong's writings from the beginning of his career through the Cultural Revolution. In addition, there is a section on interpreting Mao and his legacy, from Edgar Snow's interview with him in the 1930s to Mao's impact in the 1990s. It's a decent resource for Mao's works, a primer of sorts, since it doesn't include the full text for a couple of the documents. I didn't personally find the interpretive documents to be particularly useful, but they are good for context.

[Kamea]

for school!

[Kat Kryisk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decent collection of primary source material, but the editor is in my opinion far too positive in his treatment of Mao. Also I'm totally burnt out on 20th century (especially totalitarian) history, so this wasn't my thing, only read it because of a class.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was for my History of Modern China class. It was well organized and easy to read.