Mao Tries to Legislate a Peasant Revolution: The Wuhan Land Commission (April to May 1927)

Mao’s experience on the Wuhan Guomindang Left government’s Land Commission, with some comparative remarks on land reform in Communist thought. Further reading: Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, December 1920-June 1927 C. Martin Wilbur, The Nationalist Revolution in China, 1923-1928 Lynne Viola, The Best Sons of the Fatherland: Workers in the Vanguard of Soviet Collectivizati...