{"product_id":"mao-zedong-hourly-history-9781520748207","title":"Mao Zedong: A Life From Beginning to End","description":"Mao ZedongFor a champion of the poor, Mao Zedong was born to a wealthy aristocratic family in Shaoshan, Hunan China. As an adolescent, he once had to defend his father's farm from starving peasants during a famine, who wished to seize his father's land and steal his grain. This same Mao would later promote a policy of land reform that would give those peasants the green light to violently overthrow the rich land owners all over the Chinese countryside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside you will read about...✓ Where Revolution Was Made \u003cbr\u003e✓ Mao Comes Into His Own \u003cbr\u003e✓ Mao, the Pragmatist \u003cbr\u003e✓ From Nanking to Pearl Harbor \u003cbr\u003e✓ Consolidating Power \u003cbr\u003e✓ Mao's Stranglehold \u003cbr\u003e✓ Mao Loses Face \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd much more \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMao Zedong was a Marxist revolutionary wishing to overthrow regimes he viewed as \"imperialist,\" and yet Mao, often referred to as the \"Red Emperor,\" behaved much like totalitarian Emperors of China's medieval past. Mao was a man of intriguing contradiction. This book takes the time to explore them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hourly History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1520748205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781520748207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.09d","brand":"Hourly History","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940121182463,"sku":"9781520748207","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4a627c67-c1fb-4963-811d-69d64ba43122.jpg?v=1681445404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mao-zedong-hourly-history-9781520748207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}