1966 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE BEGINNING OF MAO ZEDONG'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION HANDWRITTEN BY A UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND DEDICATED DIARIST DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOVEMENT

On offer is an original, significant 1966 manuscript diary and journal handwritten by a student of Nan Kai University in Tian Jin City. Over 200 pages in the 13cm x 18cm book the author, who we believe is recorded within the pages, details his part in the Communist movement and life at the University as the process of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution began. As one online source succinctly sums up the times: "People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, its stated goal was to enforce socialism in the country by removing capitalist, traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society, and impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The most important, yet naturally unstated, reason for the revolution was the return of Mao Zedong to a position of political power, after he lost most of his political influence after his failed Great leap forward." There are a small number of handmade craft items glued to some pages, the odd loss of characters from glued spots but overall G.; Chinese Language; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, TIAN JIN CITY, NAN KAI UNIVERSITY, GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION, CULTURAL REVOLUTION, MAO ZEDONG, MAO TSE TUNG, GREAT LEAP FORWARD, MAOIST, SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, COMMUNIST, CHINE, CHINESE, SINO, POLITICS, GRASSROOTS SOCIALISM, PROPAGANDA, POST FIVE YEAR PLAN, 5 YEAR PLAN, GANG OF 4, GANG OF FOUR, LIN BIAO, BEIJING, PENG, LUO, LU AND YANG, ZHONGFA 267, INDOCTRINATION, RED CHINA, CHAIRMAN MAO, MARXISM-LENINISM, MAOISM, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AMERICANA, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito,