The Thought of Mao Tse-Tung (Contemporary China Institute Publications)

About this book

The most general and probably the most lasting expression of Mao Tse-Tungs contribution to the Chinese revolution was his thought. Stuart Schrams new book examines the unfolding of Maos ideas and in doing so sheds new light on other aspects of Mao Tse-Tungs life and times. The author traces the stages in the formation of Maos thought from the May Fourth period through the Peasant Movement the long years of armed struggle against the Kuomintang and the Japanese invaders the foundation of a new state his efforts to devise a "Chinese road to socialism " the Sino-Soviet split and the so-called "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution." The author offers a fascinating and sure-footed analysis of Maos intellectual itinerary recognizing the positive value of the participatory and anti-bureaucratic thrust of his thought and of his efforts to link Marxism with Chinese reality. This authoritative text is drawn from Volumes 13 and 15 of The Cambridge History of China with the addition of a new Introduction and Conclusion written especially for the volume.