Timothy Cheek. Mao Zedong and China’s Revolutions.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction: Comrade, Chairman, Helmsman — The Continuous Revolutions of Mao Zedong

China’s Revolutions

Battle Cry

Creating a New China

Utopian Revolutions: The Hundred Flowers Campaign, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution

Experiencing Mao’s Revolutions

PART ONE

Mao Documents

A Note about the Texts

1 – Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan, February 1927

2 – On New Democracy, January 15, 1940

3 – Talks at the Yan’an Conference on Literature and Art, 1942

4 – Resolution of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on Methods of Leadership, June 1, 1943

5 – Snow, 1945

6 – The Chinese People Have Stood Up, September 1949

7 – On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People, June 1957

8 – Talks at the Beidaihe Conference, August 1958

9 – American Imperialism Is Closely Surrounded by the Peoples of the World, 1964

10 – Cultural Revolution Readings, 1960s

Bombard the Headquarters, August 5, 1966

Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, 1968

Just a Few Words, October 25, 1966

PART TWO

Documenting Mao

11 – Edgar Snow, Interview with Mao, 1937

12 – Stuart Schram, The Struggle on Two Fronts, 1967

13 – Nick Knight, Mao Zedong’s “Sinification of Marxism,” 1985

14 – Li Zhisui, The Emperor of Zhongnanhai, 1994

15 – Rae Yang, At the Center of the Storm, 1997

16 – Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Some Questions on Party History, June 1981

17 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Mao Matters, 1996

18 – Geremie Barmé, Shades of Mao, 1990s

A Place in the Pantheon: Mao and Folk Religion by Xin Yuan

Musical Chairman

APPENDIXES

A China Chronology (1893-1976)

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography