Transcript. Question: Who was Mao Zedong? Answer: Mao Zedong was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary, and, from 1949 to 1959, the first chairman of the People's ...
China's Leaders: From Mao to Now ... Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, five men have principally shaped the ruling Chinese ...
China's New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong ... In his recent book, China's New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the ...
The Mao period (1949–1976), by contrast, a time of scarcity, appears to have had little material culture. In reality, people attributed great meaning to ...