The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong: Transforming China and Its People

by Xing Lu

A thorough examination of the Chinese leader's speeches and writings that reshaped a nation's culture

Mao Zedong fundamentally transformed China from a Confucian society characterized by hierarchy and harmony into a socialist state guided by communist ideologies of class struggle and radicalization. It was a transformation made possible largely by Mao's rhetorical ability to attract, persuade, and mobilize millions of Chinese people...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611177529
• ISBN13: 9781611177527
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"