Lee Feigon
Lee Feigon is an American historian who specialized in the study of 20th-century Chinese history.
Lee Feigon | |
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| Born | Lee Feigon |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Occupation | Historian, Sinologist |
| Known for | Mao: A Reinterpretation |
In 2002 he published Mao: A Reinterpretation, a work of historical revisionism that sought to highlight what Feigon saw as the positive aspects of Mao Zedong's political leadership. He subsequently used that book as a basis for a documentary, The Passion of the Mao.
He has written for such U.S. publications as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, The Nation, The Chicago Tribune, The Atlantic, and The Boston Globe.
Bibliography
Books
| Title | Year | Publisher | ISBN |
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| China Rising: The Meaning of Tiananmen | 1990 | Ivan R. Dee | 978-0929587301 |
| Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist Party | 1992 | Princeton University Press | 978-0691053936 |
| Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows | 1995 | Ivan R. Dee | 978-1566630894 |
| Mao: A Reinterpretation | 2002 | Ivan R. Dee | 978-1566635226 |
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