Hu Feng: A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955 (2025)

Hung, R. Y. Y. (2020). Hu Feng: A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955. (SUNY series in Global Modernity). SUNY Press.

Hung, Ruth Y Y. / Hu Feng : A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955. SUNY Press, 2020. 285 p. (SUNY series in Global Modernity).

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Hung, RYY 2020, Hu Feng: A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955. SUNY series in Global Modernity, SUNY Press.

Hu Feng: A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955. / Hung, Ruth Y Y.
SUNY Press, 2020. 285 p. (SUNY series in Global Modernity).

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Hung RYY. Hu Feng: A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955. SUNY Press, 2020. 285 p. (SUNY series in Global Modernity).