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Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution
🕑 Added 2018-06-04 01:56:00 +0000 UTC Yueran Zhang is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Harvard University. Yueran joins Brett to discuss Mao and the Chinese Revolution.Yueran's academic profile is here: https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/yueran-zhang
Here are the recommendations Yueran gave at the end of the episode:
- Mao's China and After: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Maos-China-and-After/Maurice-Meisner/9780684856353
Rise of the Red Engineers: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/rise-red-engineers-cultural-revolution-and-origins-chinas-new-class
The Cultural Revolution at the Margins: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674728790
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Comments
Matt
Why weren't you a fan of these recs? Just curious, I'm looking for books on the Cultural Revolution to learn more.
Sparrow
It took me a long time (3 years) to finally read the books recommended in this episode and I very much disliked them. I would recommend The Battle for China’s Past by Mobo Gao and From Victory To Defeat by Pao-yu Ching as a counterpoint.
Brock Barber
I would love for Zhang Yueran to come back on the show and talk more about their experiences and views on the struggles in China now.
