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An edition of Mao (1999)

Mao

a life

1st American ed.

by

  • 6 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful leader, and a man responsible for more civilian deaths than perhaps any other historical figure. Now, four decades after Mao's death, acclaimed biographer Philip Short presents a fully updated and revised edition of his ground-breaking and masterly biography. Vivid, uncompromising and unflinching, Short presents in one-volume the man behind the propaganda - his family, his beliefs and his horrors. In doing so he shows us both the human being Mao was, and the monster he became.

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Publisher
Henry Holt
Language
English
Pages
782

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Subjects

Biography Heads of state Politics and government New York Times reviewed Mao, zedong, 1893-1976 China, politics and government, 1949- China, biography

People

Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Zedong Mao (1893-1976)

Places

China
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2004, Zhongguo qing nian chu ban she
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February 2004, Critica
Hardcover in Spanish
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October 11, 2004, John Murray
Paperback
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Mao
2003, Crítica
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Mao: A Life
February 1, 2001, Owl Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: Mao
Mao: a life
2000, Henry Holt
Hardcover in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Mao
Mao: a life
1999, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: Mao
Mao: a life
1999, Hodder & Stoughton
in English

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First Sentence

"In winter, in Hunan, the wind howls bone-cold across bare fields of dry yellow earth, kicking up the dust so that it stings the eyes of the horses and makes men squint as they lean into the frozen air, their faces like leather masks."

Edition Notes

"A John Macrae book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
951.05/092 B
Library of Congress
DS778.M3 S548 2000, DS778.M3S548 2000, DS 778 M3 S548 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiii, 782 p. : ill., maps ;
Number of pages
782
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 x 2.4 inches
Weight
2.8 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7931913M
ISBN 10
0805031154
ISBN 13
9780805031157
LCCN
99041839
OCLC/WorldCat
1042101835, 41977376
LibraryThing
22062
Goodreads
1060008

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL4933429W

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