The Mandate of Heaven: Marx and Mao in Modern China
by Harris, Nigel
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0704332213
- ISBN 13
- 9780704332218
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London, England, U.K.: Quartet Books, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book is an appraisal of the Chinese Communist Party in light of the reality of China; the first part is a brief history of the party's experience before coming to power; the second part is a history of the People's Republic and its problems up to 1977; the third part examines the party's relationship to workers and peasants in the People's Republic; the fourth part appraises the degree of equality and democracy in China, and the ability of the state to defend its national independence; the fifth part assesses the significance of China's foreign policy and the activities of foreign supporters of Mao Tse-tung thought; the sixth part takes up the claims of the Chinese Communist Party in relation to its known record; the author worked as a journalist in Asia and was the former editor of International Socialism (pictorial covers with color photos of Chinese peasants and workers on the front and back, slight edgewear, distributor's sticker on back; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004318
- Title
- The Mandate of Heaven: Marx and Mao in Modern China
- Author
- Harris, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0704332213
- ISBN 13
- 9780704332218
- Publisher
- Quartet Books
- Place of Publication
- London, England, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1979
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