The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City provides a lively and informative history, along with many illustrations of perhaps Chinas most famous city.
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Mao's Last Revolution
The origins of the Cultural Revolution.
Forbidden City (Wonders of Man)
China Under Mao
The Origins of the Cultural Revolution Volume III, the Coming of the Cataclysm 1961--1966
The Politics of China 1949-1989
The Origins of the Cultural Revolution Volume II, the Great Leap Forward 1958--1960
The Politics of China The Eras of Mao and Deng
The Coming of the Cataclysm, 1961-1966
The Politics of China
Contradictions Among the People 1956-1957
The Cambridge History of China: Volume 15, The People's Republic, Part 2, Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution, 1966-1982