Michael Schoenhals


Michael Schoenhals is a Swedish sinologist, specializing in the society of modern China. He is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Studies at Lund University.
The book Mao's Last Revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals is considered the seminal work on the Cultural Revolution.

Selected bibliography

Saltationist Socialism: Mao Zedong and the Great Leap Forward 1958 Doing Things with Words in Chinese Politics: Five Studies China's Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969: Not a Dinner Party