Foreword
Preface List of Maps and Illustrations
PART I
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 I
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 II
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
Index