1912-1949

Provides a first-hand view of life in a relatively privileged Chinese family just before the Communist takeover.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.

Chronicles the life and career of Mao Zedong, discussing his work and a revolutionary general, his founding and leading of the world's largest nation, and his reputation as a brutal political manipulator.

Wang Lung, a peasant farmer in China, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, but the newly accumulated wealth brings its own problems to the family.

Chronicles the history of China since 1919 through extracts from 150 classic and less accessible documents, including speeches, memoirs, political statements, letters and poems, and telegrams.

Describes why, in 1953, Chairman Mao changed China's economic policies to Stalinist socialism and its effect on the nation and its people.

The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

The author reveals stories of disease, desertion, and brutality during the march and persecution of some marchers by 200,000 Communist soldiers in 1934.

Contains seven essays that provide information and analysis of the Chinese Revolution, from its origins in first decades of the twentieth century, through 1998.