The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution

The story of contemporary China typically dates back to Mao's 1949 revolution. But in this classic work, Harold R. Isaacs uncovers how workers and peasants struggled for a different kind of revolution, one built from the bottom up, in the 1920s. The defeat of their heroic efforts profoundly shaped the further course of modern Chinese history.

Author: Harold Isaacs
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 05/01/2010
Pages: 550
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781931859844
ISBN10: 1931859841
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | China
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism

About the Author
Harold Isaacs was a writer and long-time student of Chinese affairs. The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution, his first book, was based largely on long-hidden original historical documents and has been recognized for many years as preserving the historical truth that would otherwise have been erased by the revolution's betrayers. Isaacs' loyalty was not to a party or ideology, but to the "martyrs" of the 1925-1927 revolution to whom he dedicated his work and to the millions who fought for a more just and humane Chinese society.