An assessment of the influence of the Marxism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on revolutionary developments in China. The work covers the period from the first appearance of the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong until its full transformation by Deng Xiaoping - into a nationalist, developmental, single-party, developmental dictatorship.

"An original, thoughtful and well written study, at once a history of communist China and an exploration of the ideas which shaped it - Marxism-Leninism, Maoism and nationalism. It sheds new light on the tension between the doctrinal foundations and recent economic policies and practices. This informative and learned study also illuminates the differences between political an economic developments in present day China and postcommunist Russia and their respective use of the shared ideological heritage." Paul Hollander, Davis Center of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

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Emeritus professor of Political Science University of California, Berkeley

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Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface A Note on Transliteration 1. China, Marxism, and the Background in Time 2. Marxism, Revolution, and Development 3. Marxism, Revolution, and the Making of New Nations 4. China, Developmental Nationalism, and Revolution 5. Mao Zedong and the Conquest of China 6. The Making of Maoism 7. 'Mao Zedong Thought' 8. The Passing of Maoism as a Developmental System 9. Deng Xiaoping, Maoism, and 'Proletarian Internationalism' 10. The Ideology of Post-Maoist China 11. New China in Comparative Perspective Select Bibliography Index