Julia Lovell.
JULIA LOVELL
mAOISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY (2019)
Shortlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize.
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A biography not of Mao Tse Tung but of his legacy. Julia Lovell recounts the long influence of Mao - starting with his rise to power in north west China in teh 1930s, his extraordinary regime as ruler of the country, through to the worldwide influence of Maoism during the decades since he died. Lovel unfolds the emergence of Maoist movements from Peru, Tanzania, Cambodia, Nepal and India to Germany, Italy, Paris and Brixton. The Times described the book as ‘Revelatory and instructive … a beautifully written and accessible book’. Reviewing the book for the New Statesman, Andrew Marr described it as ‘wonderful’.
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Julia Lovell is Professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. She has a particular interest in the role of culture (including literature, architecture, and sport) in the development of the Chinese nation. In addition to her books, Lovell contributes articles on China to the Economist, the Times Literary Supplement, the Times and the Guardian. She is married to the author Robert Macfarlane.
