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Mao led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its revolutionary struggle pre-1949 and was preeminent in the post-revolutionary leadership for most of the period from Liberation (1949) until his death in 1976. The degree to which Mao personally dominated China’s post-revolutionary development is illustrated by the dramatic changes that have occurred since his death. It seems reasonable to speak of a ‘Maoist model’ to characterize China’s development path for much of the period from 1949 to 1976.
This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 1st edition, 1987. Edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman
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Nolan, P. (1987). Mao Zedong [Mao Tse-Tung] (1893–1976). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1009-1
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