Dec 21 2019 22 mins 56
In this episode we look at Mao Zedong’s childhood, family background, and see what he was thinking in 1912. Further reading: Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 1: The Pre-Marxist Period, 1912-1920 Lee Feigon, Mao: A Reinterpretation Jonathan Spence, Mao Zedong: A Life Some names from this episode: Ba Jin, anarchist novelist who wrote The Family Shang Yang, founder of the Legalist school Sima Qian, author of Records of the Grand Historian
