History A-Level
Mao’s personality cult and youth mobilisation
What Mao’s personality cult and youth mobilisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Mao’s personality cult and youth mobilisation
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Mao exploited his hold on young people, who saw him as the revolution’s guardian, by mobilising students as Red Guards from 1966.
Topics that use Mao’s personality cult and youth mobilisation
- The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- capitalist roaders
- Decline of the Gang of Four and Mao’s death
- Military restoration of order
- Rehabilitation of senior leaders
- Rural relocation of urban youth
- The ‘four olds’ and cultural destruction
- foreigners living in China
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