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This biography spotlights the life of a key Chinese intellectual,
Wu Han, well known in China as a major twentieth-century historian
and democratic political figure. World attention was drawn to Wu in
the mid-1960s as the first of Mao Zedong's targets in the Cultural
Revolution. The biography locates Wu in the rapid changes in the
social and political environment of his times, from the early years
of the twentieth century until his death in prison in 1969. With Wu
Han's life as the focus, the narrative deals with the momentous
changes in Chinese society and government during the last century.
Mazur bases the biographical account on extensive interviewing in
China, and penetrates a great deal deeper than the conventional
conception of the shift from Nationalist to Communist regimes in
the PRC. The complex life of Wu Han is of interest to specialist
and non-specialist readers alike, both because of the broad
relevance of the historical and political issues he and those
around him confronted in the context of the times in China and
because of the direct narrative biographical style revealing the
conflicts and depth in the human situation. Mazur relates Wu Han's
life to the momentous changes and conflicts surging through Chinese
society, with special emphasis on the complex role intellectuals
have played during the course of change.
This biography spotlights the life of a key Chinese intellectual,
Wu Han, well known in China as a major twentieth-century historian
and democratic political figure. World attention was drawn to Wu in
the mid-1960s as the first of Mao Zedong's targets in the Cultural
Revolution. The biography locates Wu in the rapid changes in the
social and political environment of his times, from the early years
of the twentieth century until his death in prison in 1969. With Wu
Han's life as the focus, the narrative deals with the momentous
changes in Chinese society and government during the last century.
Mazur bases the biographical account on extensive interviewing in
China, and penetrates a great deal deeper than the conventional
conception of the shift from Nationalist to Communist regimes in
the PRC. The complex life of Wu Han is of interest to specialist
and non-specialist readers alike, both because of the broad
relevance of the historical and political issues he and those
around him confronted in the context of the times in China and
because of the direct narrative biographical style revealing the
conflicts and depth in the human situation. Mazur relates Wu Han's
life to the momentous changes and conflicts surging through Chinese
society, with special emphasis on the complex role intellectuals
have played during the course of change.
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