Book contents
- Forging Leninism in China
- Forging Leninism in China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Disaster and Local Rebellion
- 2 The Donggu Revolutionary Base Area
- 3 A Different Approach to Revolution
- 4 Mao versus Local Forces
- 5 The Logic of Sufan
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2022
Book contents
- Forging Leninism in China
- Forging Leninism in China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Disaster and Local Rebellion
- 2 The Donggu Revolutionary Base Area
- 3 A Different Approach to Revolution
- 4 Mao versus Local Forces
- 5 The Logic of Sufan
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Introduction lays out the basic theses of the book: that it was local revolutionaries, not Mao, who introduced Marxism and, more importantly, political organization, to the countryside, but Mao suppressed these local movements. Moreover, the party was remade by Mao as a far more hierarchical, disciplined, violent, and militarized party than anything imagined in 1927.
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- Forging Leninism in ChinaMao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022