Title
Date of Award
4-1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. David C. Evans
Second Advisor
Dr. J. Martin Ryle
Third Advisor
Dr. Hugh A. West
Abstract
The Canton Commune is a detailed study of the Communist-led insurrection that occurred in the city of Canton in southern China on December 11-13, 1927, and its fate as history. Attention is paid in the thesis to the Commune's significant presence in the discourse of the Stalin-Trotsky power struggle of the late 1920s. The primary emphasis, however, is on the Commune's inability to become part of the revolutionary mythology of the People's Republic of China or international communism. The author traces the evolution of Soviet and Chinese interpretations of the Canton Commune, using these as a means to explore the subject of the historical myth.
Recommended Citation
Grubic, Royce Patrick, "The Canton Commune" (1994). Master's Theses. 585.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/585