Welcome to my online resource guide on Mao Zedong!
This site is designed to help you find information on Mao faster and more efficiently.
All the sites that I have found and reviewed are under 'Web Sites' , or at the top of the page. There you can either go straight to the pages I have found or see my review on each page.
Most pages have a brief summarization of what is on the website on the review. On each review there is a rating that is based on a rubric that can be found HERE or at the left of this page.
There are also several pictures and a video on the right of this page. These do not have a review along with them.
There is also a 'Works Cited' page for all the pictures, videos or websites that are linked to this page.
Good luck!
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Information Please
Mao Zedong
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This is a very good resource. It has conscise, easy to understand information. It does not have all of Mao's life, and not a whole lot of information, or any documents or pictures. But it does contain links to other sites that are related to Mao. This site is a great place to start your research.
Information Please. Mao Zedong Biography. December 5 2010. <http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/maozedong.html>
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This is a very good resource. It has conscise, easy to understand information. It does not have all of Mao's life, and not a whole lot of information, or any documents or pictures. But it does contain links to other sites that are related to Mao. This site is a great place to start your research.
Information Please. Mao Zedong Biography. December 5 2010. <http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/maozedong.html>
Pitaria - Kids Network
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong is a theorist Marxian Communist, along with V.I. Lennin and Karl Marx. Mao's greatest achievment was the unification of China. He created the People's Republic of China and destroyed the Nationalist Powers.
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This site is well put together. It is put together for a younger audiance so it is very easy to understand. This page has Mao's achievements and does not really describe his faults. It has quite a bit of information regarding his life, and what he did. It is a pretty good site however there is no citations or documents on this page.
Pitaria. Mao Zedong. December 5 2010. <http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people/online.asp?story=21>
Mao Zedong is a theorist Marxian Communist, along with V.I. Lennin and Karl Marx. Mao's greatest achievment was the unification of China. He created the People's Republic of China and destroyed the Nationalist Powers.
Critic
Rating
(A) 4
(B) 0
(C) 0
This site is well put together. It is put together for a younger audiance so it is very easy to understand. This page has Mao's achievements and does not really describe his faults. It has quite a bit of information regarding his life, and what he did. It is a pretty good site however there is no citations or documents on this page.
Pitaria. Mao Zedong. December 5 2010. <http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people/online.asp?story=21>
The Huffington Post
Mao Zedong
"October 1st, [2009] marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China" (Marg).
This site has information regarding Mao's programes, and how he came to power. But it also has a personal view from the authers perspective on Mao's regime in China.
Critic
Review
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This is an artical, and most [newspaper] articals never do cite their sources. Also, most articles never have other documents relating to them. In this instance, this artical is fairly lengthly providing enough information for the reader to gain a beginning knowledge on Mao's life and regime. It is a fairly good document to get a beginners knowledge on Mao.
Eric Margolis, Remembering China's Great Helmsman, September 29 2009, December 5 2010,
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/remembering-chinas-great_b_303107.html>
"October 1st, [2009] marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China" (Marg).
This site has information regarding Mao's programes, and how he came to power. But it also has a personal view from the authers perspective on Mao's regime in China.
Critic
Review
(A) 2
(B) 0
(C) 0
This is an artical, and most [newspaper] articals never do cite their sources. Also, most articles never have other documents relating to them. In this instance, this artical is fairly lengthly providing enough information for the reader to gain a beginning knowledge on Mao's life and regime. It is a fairly good document to get a beginners knowledge on Mao.
Eric Margolis, Remembering China's Great Helmsman, September 29 2009, December 5 2010,
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/remembering-chinas-great_b_303107.html>
Communist Party of China
Mao Zedong
This site shows a strong bias towards Mao Zedong. It says that, "Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, strategist and theorist, and the main founder and leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Republic of China" (CPC). The party believes strongly in Mao's programs. It tells little about how many people died, however it does state that there were, "...a number of specific mistakes" (CPC).
The site goes on to tell more about Mao's leadership within the country of China and as the leader of the People's Republic of China.
Critic
Rating
(A) 4
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This site has a fair amount of information regarding to Mao's rule of China and the Party. It is a fairly good source considering that it has been translated into English. This may be the result that there is no other documents and or citations within the page [language barrier]. This page does have a sense of a slight bias, towards Mao due to the fact that he was this parties leader.
Communist Party of China, Mao's Life, June 13 2006, December 5 2010,
<http://english.cpc.people.com.cn/66095/4468893.html>
This site shows a strong bias towards Mao Zedong. It says that, "Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, strategist and theorist, and the main founder and leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Republic of China" (CPC). The party believes strongly in Mao's programs. It tells little about how many people died, however it does state that there were, "...a number of specific mistakes" (CPC).
The site goes on to tell more about Mao's leadership within the country of China and as the leader of the People's Republic of China.
Critic
Rating
(A) 4
(B) 0
(C) 0
This site has a fair amount of information regarding to Mao's rule of China and the Party. It is a fairly good source considering that it has been translated into English. This may be the result that there is no other documents and or citations within the page [language barrier]. This page does have a sense of a slight bias, towards Mao due to the fact that he was this parties leader.
Communist Party of China, Mao's Life, June 13 2006, December 5 2010,
<http://english.cpc.people.com.cn/66095/4468893.html>
CNN
Mao Tse-tung
CNN says that Mao Tse-tung deserves the credit for deciding the fate of an entire nation. He influenced over 40 years, over many events such as the Long March, and the Red Army's Victory. He died in 1976.
The rest of the CNN special discusses his early life, how he turns into a communist, and how he turned into a politician.
Critic
Rating
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 2
This site does have quite a bit of information. However most of it is not dates, or specific information that is good clear data and could be miss-interpreted or could be taken as bias information. This site does not have any other pages linked to it in respects to Mao-Tse-tung, besides a 'Mao Tse-tung Quote Generator'.
CNN's special on Mao Tse-Tung has several pictures on the page. All of them are cited. However the page it's self does not state where the information is coming from.
CNN.com, Flawed Icon of China's resurgence: Mao Tse-tung, December 5 2010,
<http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/mao.tsetung/>
CNN says that Mao Tse-tung deserves the credit for deciding the fate of an entire nation. He influenced over 40 years, over many events such as the Long March, and the Red Army's Victory. He died in 1976.
The rest of the CNN special discusses his early life, how he turns into a communist, and how he turned into a politician.
Critic
Rating
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 2
This site does have quite a bit of information. However most of it is not dates, or specific information that is good clear data and could be miss-interpreted or could be taken as bias information. This site does not have any other pages linked to it in respects to Mao-Tse-tung, besides a 'Mao Tse-tung Quote Generator'.
CNN's special on Mao Tse-Tung has several pictures on the page. All of them are cited. However the page it's self does not state where the information is coming from.
CNN.com, Flawed Icon of China's resurgence: Mao Tse-tung, December 5 2010,
<http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/mao.tsetung/>
Biography.com Documentry on Mao Zedong
This is a very brief, 1 minute documentry from Biography.com.
A brief summerization can be found under the video.
It uses real footage from Mao Zedongs time, and has a couple interviews with people that have opinions about Mao.
http://www.biography.com/video.do?bcpid=1740037444&bclid=1612732219&bctid=1731352871&baseURL=%2Fbcconfig%2FPlayer%2F3Tier%2Fpoliticalfigures%2Fconfig-xml%2F&baseDIR=%2Fbcplayers%2FPlayer%2F3Tier_ws%2FbaseDIR%2F
A brief summerization can be found under the video.
It uses real footage from Mao Zedongs time, and has a couple interviews with people that have opinions about Mao.
http://www.biography.com/video.do?bcpid=1740037444&bclid=1612732219&bctid=1731352871&baseURL=%2Fbcconfig%2FPlayer%2F3Tier%2Fpoliticalfigures%2Fconfig-xml%2F&baseDIR=%2Fbcplayers%2FPlayer%2F3Tier_ws%2FbaseDIR%2F
Wikipedia
Mao Zedong
This site is very useful, it has information such as his Early Life , his Leadership In China , his Writings , and also some External Links . The validity of this site is questionable because it is only "Semi-Protected" [please click here for more information]. However, this site does have a lot of infromation within it, also it does have a lot of other resources attached to it.
Here is a brief summary of some of the information on the site,
Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893 and died September 9, 1976. He was a political theorist and a communist in the Republic of China. He was the leader of the People's Republic of China. Two of Mao's program's, called the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution lead to severe famines, causing millions of deaths.
Critic
Rating
(A) 4
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This site does meet the criteria on all subjects. However wikipedia does state that, "Semi-protection prevents edits from anonymous users (IP addresses), as well as edits from any account that is not autoconfirmed (is at least four days old and has ten or more edits to Wikipedia) or confirmed" (Wiki).
Therefore, this site does have a chance that some users may alter the information within the site. As a note check the sources that are listed under the references section to confirm the validity. This page is well written however, it does include a number of pictures, links to other pages, and cites all of its pages.
Wikipedia, Mao Zedong, December 5 2010, December 5 2010,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong>
Wikipedia, Rough guide to semi-protection, January 30 2010, December 5 2010,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rough_guide_to_semi-protection>
This site is very useful, it has information such as his Early Life , his Leadership In China , his Writings , and also some External Links . The validity of this site is questionable because it is only "Semi-Protected" [please click here for more information]. However, this site does have a lot of infromation within it, also it does have a lot of other resources attached to it.
Here is a brief summary of some of the information on the site,
Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893 and died September 9, 1976. He was a political theorist and a communist in the Republic of China. He was the leader of the People's Republic of China. Two of Mao's program's, called the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution lead to severe famines, causing millions of deaths.
Critic
Rating
(A) 4
(B) 4
(C) 4
This site does meet the criteria on all subjects. However wikipedia does state that, "Semi-protection prevents edits from anonymous users (IP addresses), as well as edits from any account that is not autoconfirmed (is at least four days old and has ten or more edits to Wikipedia) or confirmed" (Wiki).
Therefore, this site does have a chance that some users may alter the information within the site. As a note check the sources that are listed under the references section to confirm the validity. This page is well written however, it does include a number of pictures, links to other pages, and cites all of its pages.
Wikipedia, Mao Zedong, December 5 2010, December 5 2010,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong>
Wikipedia, Rough guide to semi-protection, January 30 2010, December 5 2010,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rough_guide_to_semi-protection>
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
eNotes.com
Mao Zedong
He was the communist leader of the People’s Republic ofChina
He was born in the Shaoshan,Hunan Changsha Jiangxi
The Republic of China lasted from 1911-1949, in that time period the country saw many brutal conflicts with the Japanese occupation, which took place from 1931-1945. One of Mao’s sayings was that “revolution is not a dinner party” (Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan, 1927). Even in the later years though, Mao did not have a strong regard for human lives. In the mid-1950s, Mao began to confirm that he was willing to sacrifice up to one third of all the Chinese, to stop world capitalism, in a nuclear war.
Within the early 1940s, Mao began a party purge. This involved driving a small number of dissidents to commit suicide, or killing them. His goal was to install his own version of communism. This act installed future campaigns against dissidents, even after he publicly apologized for the act.
From 1950-1953, the Korean War was a war against the United States “imperialism”. Mao stated in “On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People”February 27, 1957 that 800,000 counterrevolutionaries were killed. In 1952, China
In 1957, Mao took precautions to prevent uprisings, much like the ones occurring inRussia
Mao caused the most loss of life when he organized the Great Leap Forward. This famine in 1959 resulted from misguided economic policies. Mao refused to change the idea because he feared he would lose his job. In 1959 Mao learnt that some of his party members were trying to dispose of him, this led to Mao disposing of his enemies and re launching the Great Leap Forward. It is estimated that at least 20 million, with the highest at 65 million deaths, were caused by the Great Leap Forward.
The Cultural Revolution was from 1966-1976. It was Mao’s attempts of riddingChina
Critic
Rating
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(C) 4
He was the communist leader of the People’s Republic of
He was born in the Shaoshan,
The Republic of China lasted from 1911-1949, in that time period the country saw many brutal conflicts with the Japanese occupation, which took place from 1931-1945. One of Mao’s sayings was that “revolution is not a dinner party” (Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan, 1927). Even in the later years though, Mao did not have a strong regard for human lives. In the mid-1950s, Mao began to confirm that he was willing to sacrifice up to one third of all the Chinese, to stop world capitalism, in a nuclear war.
Within the early 1940s, Mao began a party purge. This involved driving a small number of dissidents to commit suicide, or killing them. His goal was to install his own version of communism. This act installed future campaigns against dissidents, even after he publicly apologized for the act.
From 1950-1953, the Korean War was a war against the United States “imperialism”. Mao stated in “On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People”
In 1957, Mao took precautions to prevent uprisings, much like the ones occurring in
Mao caused the most loss of life when he organized the Great Leap Forward. This famine in 1959 resulted from misguided economic policies. Mao refused to change the idea because he feared he would lose his job. In 1959 Mao learnt that some of his party members were trying to dispose of him, this led to Mao disposing of his enemies and re launching the Great Leap Forward. It is estimated that at least 20 million, with the highest at 65 million deaths, were caused by the Great Leap Forward.
The Cultural Revolution was from 1966-1976. It was Mao’s attempts of ridding
Critic
Rating
(A) 3
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(C) 4
This resource has a fair amount of information. It is an essay style that compares Mao to Stalin. It has a lot of information about how many people died because of Mao’s ideas and the plans that he brought into China China
"Mao Zedong." Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 1 Dec, 2010 <http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/mao-zedong>
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