Julia Lovell
Julia Lovell is a prize-winning author and translator. She is lecturer in modern Chinese history and literature at Birkbeck, University of London, and has also written on China for The Guardian and The Economist. Lovell’s books include The Great Wall and most recently The Opium War, which is shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 Orwell prize
Interviews with Julia Lovell
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Mao’s Last Revolution
by Michael Schoenhals & Roderick MacFarquhar -
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Maoism at the Grassroots
edited by Jeremy Brown and Matthew D. Johnson -
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Red Star over China
by Edgar Snow -
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The Bullet and the Ballot Box: The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution
by Aditya Adhikari -
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A Critical Introduction to Mao
by Timothy Creek
The best books on Maoism, recommended by Julia Lovell
The best books on Maoism, recommended by Julia Lovell
While researching Maoism, China expert Julia Lovell battled against two incorrect assumptions: “firstly that Maoism is a story of China; and secondly that Maoism is a story of the past.” Here she recommends five books for coming to grips with the global, still-relevant impact of Maoism.
Interviews where books by Julia Lovell were recommended
The Best History Books of 2019, recommended by Paul Lay
From the most brutal siege of World War I to the renewed significance of an ideology many of us had dismissed as defunct, 2019 was a good year for traditional history books on big themes. Paul Lay, editor of History Today, talks us through his picks of the best history books of the year.
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by Casey Cep -
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On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons
by Laura Cumming -
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The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922 - 1968
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Maoism: A Global History
by Julia Lovell -
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Guest House for Young Widows: Among the women of ISIS
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019, recommended by Stig Abell
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019, recommended by Stig Abell
Every year, the Baillie Gifford Prize judges seek to identify the very best nonfiction books published in the last year. Here, the chair of this year’s judging panel Stig Abell talks us through the 2019 shortlist: a thrilling line-up of books that are as notable for their literary prowess as for their weight and significance.
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The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
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How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy
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A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
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Maoism: A Global History
by Julia Lovell -
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Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided
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Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture
by Ed Morales
The best books on Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Ash Amin
The best books on Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Ash Amin
Every year the British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize is awarded to a nonfiction book that has contributed to ‘global cultural understanding.’ Cambridge professor Ash Amin, chair of this year’s panel of judges, talks us through the fabulous books that made the 2019 shortlist and explains why they’re so important.
