Bearing Witness: Maoism as Religion

The role of foreign witnesses in describing exceptional historical events can contribute to the way those events unfold. Three examples serve to illustrate this: Edgar Snow, Anna Louise Strong and Agnes Smedley. At the start of the Chinese communist revolution each of these commentators offered pers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David E. Apter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2005-04-01
Series:The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/519