China and the New Maoists

by Simone van Nieuwenhuizen and Kerry Brown

Book Overview

Forty years after his death, Mao remains a totemic, if divisive, figure in contemporary China. Though he retains an immense symbolic importance within China's national mythology, the rise of a capitalist economy has seen the ruling class become increasingly ambivalent towards him. And while he continues to be a highly visible and contentious presence in Chinese public life, Mao's enduring influence has been little understood in the West.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783607599
• ISBN13: 9781783607594
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"