Mao
by Spence, Jonathan (Biography of Mao Zedong.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0297643479
- ISBN 13
- 9780297643470
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson [0-297-64347-9] 1999. (Hardcover) 205pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, map, notes. The spine is lightly edgeworn at the top and bottom. "From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist a vast country torn apart by years of weak leadership, colonialism and war. In this sharply drawn and insightful account, Jonathan Spence, award-winning historian and author of acclaimed books about both the old and the new China, brings to life this modern-day emperor and the tumultuous era that he did so much to shape". Biography of Mao Zedong. Time Period. Locale: China. (Biography, Communism, Politics--China).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153712
- Title
- Mao
- Author
- Spence, Jonathan (Biography of Mao Zedong.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0297643479
- ISBN 13
- 9780297643470
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Biography, Communism, Politics--China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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