{"product_id":"maoism-a-global-history-paperback","title":"Maoism: A Global History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** WINNER OF THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR DEUTSCHER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Revelatory and instructive...  a] beautifully written and accessible book'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao's revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism. But Mao and his ideas remain central to the People's Republic and the legitimacy of its Communist government. With disagreements and conflicts between China and the West on the rise, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao is urgent and growing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe power and appeal of Maoism have extended far beyond China. Maoism was a crucial motor of the Cold War: it shaped the course of the Vietnam War (and the international youth rebellions that conflict triggered) and brought to power the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; it aided, and sometimes handed victory to, anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa; it inspired terrorism in Germany and Italy, and wars and insurgencies in Peru, India and Nepal, some of which are still with us today - more than forty years after the death of Mao. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new history, Julia Lovell re-evaluates Maoism as both a Chinese and an international force, linking its evolution in China with its global legacy. It is a story that takes us from the tea plantations of north India to the sierras of the Andes, from Paris's fifth arrondissement to the fields of Tanzania, from the rice paddies of Cambodia to the terraces of Brixton. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with the birth of Mao's revolution in northwest China in the 1930s and concluding with its violent afterlives in South Asia and resurgence in the People's Republic today, this is a landmark history of global Maoism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIA LOVELL is Professor of Modern China at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Great Wall \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Opium War, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 2012 Jan Michalski Prize. Her many translations of modern Chinese fiction into English include \u003ci\u003eThe Real Story of Ah Q and Other Tales of China. \u003c\/i\u003eShe writes about China for several newspapers, including\u003ci\u003e The Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769271124256,"sku":"9780525565901","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9714c278747f51eee905bd633a2bf7cd.webp?v=1780344758","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/maoism-a-global-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}