In this podcast, Matthew Rothwell, author of Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Chinese Revolution in Latin America, explores the global history of ideas related to rebellion and revolution. The main focus of this podcast for the near future will be on the history of the Chinese Revolution, going all the way back to its roots in the initial Chinese reactions to British imperialism during the Opium War of 1839-1842, and then following the development of the revolution and many of the ideas that were products of the revolution through to their transnational diffusion in the late 20th century.
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episode 83: Life Underground in Shanghai in the Late 1920s (Part 1)
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episode 82: Mao’s (Temporary) Expulsion from the Communist Party and the Collapse of the South Hunan Uprising (March and April 1928)
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episode 81: The Southern Hunan Uprising (Early 1928)
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episode 80: Studying Marxism and Getting Thrown in Jail: Zhu De in Germany (1922-1926)
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episode 79: Zhu De and The Army for the Defense of the Republic in Sichuan and Yunnan (1916-1922)
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episode 78: From Gym Teacher to General: Zhu De in Revolution and Rebellion (1907-1916)
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episode 77: From Poor Peasant to Gym Teacher: The Early Life of Zhu De
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episode 76: Engels on Insurrection
The story behind how guidance on communist armed struggle got into a major American newspaper in 1852. Listener requested background on the text used by Lenin and which was so influential in the Guangzhou Commune.Further reading:Frederick Engels, Revolution and Counter-Revolution in GermanyLenin, “Advice of an Onlooker”Some names from this episode:Zhang Tailei, leader of the Guangzhou Uprising of December 1927Support the Show.