Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition Maurice Meisner
Publisher: Free Press

In this much-anticipated revision, Maurice Meisner again provides piercing insight and comprehensive coverage of China's fascinating and turbulent modern history. Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic by Maurice Meisner is a history of China from 1949 through the 1990s. 1976) Chinese; chairman of the Chinese Communist party 1935 – 76, paramount leader of the People's Republic of China 1949 – 76 Mao Zedong was the single most influential figure in Chinese politics in the twentieth century. Even the Chinese Revolution, which was also a world historical revolution, did not dare to found a Fourth International because of its experience, at the time, of the disintegration of the Third. Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition by Maurice J Meisner - Find this book online from $4.50. 5 Media commentators, establishment politicians and representatives of the publishers lined up to say the book would completely change the way in which people think of Mao, and indeed change history. Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third. For example, it is claimed by many who have studied figures released by Deng Xiaoping after Mao's death that per capita grain production did not increase at all during the Mao period (6). Search for Modern China (3RD 13 Edition). HK Dockworkers' Strike Enters Third Week, Attracts Widespread Support (2). Mao Zedong was the first head of state of the People's Republic of China, leading the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 and overseeing the establishment of the Peoples' Republic of China in 1949, ruling it until his death in 1976. Even after his death, his legacy for Chinese politics was immense — indeed the continued use of the term "post-Mao" China to define the current epoch is testimony to his importance and standing. That included three lines from the diary of revolutionary hero Lei Feng.. For eight years after its American publication and editions in six foreign languages, Mao was never mentioned by the Chinese press. This is the third edition which has corrections and has been expanded. Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition Review,Overviews. ASIN:0684856352:Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic,. Dittmer finds the 'cumulative picture' of Chang and Halliday's chapters on the People's Republic of China (PRC) before the Cultural Revolution convincing and even devastating. In 1981 she co-wrote an article where she described the People's Republic of China as a 'super-achiever' in terms of mortality reduction, with life expectancy increasing by approximately 1.5 years per calendar year since the start of communist rule in 1949 (2).