Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Mao Zedong (1893-1976): Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan, March 1927 Mao was a a Hunanese peasant and became one of the founding members of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921. Other founders had tended to be more exposed to western ideas, and hence, as Marxists, to value the industrial working class. The ...

Reference Writers: Mao Zedong Documents Biography Works: 1926: Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society 1927: Report of an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan 1928: Why is it that Red Political Power Can Exist in China 1929: On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party 1930: New Year's Day 1930: A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire 1933: Pay Attention to Economic Work 1933: How to ...

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