Review of 'Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China'. Edited by Colin Mackerras, with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xii, 267, with map. ISBN 0-415-15450-2. R.R.P. £60. or $AU 178.92.

Title
Review of 'Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China'. Edited by Colin Mackerras, with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xii, 267, with map. ISBN 0-415-15450-2. R.R.P. £60. or $AU 178.92.
Publication Date
2000
Author(s)
Ryan, John S
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Folklore Association, Inc
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:11382
Abstract
At the beginning of World War II Penguin Books produced a political dictionary that was, in effect, a handbook to: the then recent troubles in Spain; the rise of Nazism; the political organisation of the U.S.S.R.; numerous brief biographies; and the various racist and repressive theories which were gaining ever greater support on the mainland of Europe. Illustrated by various maps, it was quickly reprinted and its contents expanded. It was, in many ways, the first highly relevant 'subject dictionary' for all social classes in Great Britain and the world beyond. Perhaps with some justification one might claim that the present volume will serve a like enlightening function - in a peaceful way - as an interpretation of another twentieth century fact, the recent politics and the like history and economy of the People's Republic of China.
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Citation
Australian Folklore, v.15, p. 267-268
ISSN
0819-0852
Start page
267
End page
268

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