# Lee Feigon

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American historian

Lee Feigon Born Lee Feigon Alma mater University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison Occupations Historian, Sinologist Known for Mao: A Reinterpretation

**Lee Feigon** is an American historian who specialized in the study of 20th-century Chinese history.

In 2002 he published *[Mao: A Reinterpretation](/source/Mao%3A_A_Reinterpretation)*, that sought to highlight what Feigon saw as some positive aspects of [Mao Zedong](/source/Mao_Zedong)'s political leadership (although remaining critical of it). He subsequently used that book as a basis for a documentary, *The Passion of the Mao*.

He has written for such U.S. publications as *[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)*, *[Barron's](/source/Barron's_(newspaper))*, *[The Nation](/source/The_Nation)*, *[The Chicago Tribune](/source/The_Chicago_Tribune)*, *[The Atlantic](/source/The_Atlantic)*, and *[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)*.

Title Year Publisher ISBN China Rising: The Meaning of Tiananmen 1990 Ivan R. Dee 978-0929587301 Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist Party 1992 Princeton University Press 978-0691053936 Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows 1995 Ivan R. Dee 978-1566630894 Mao: A Reinterpretation 2002 Ivan R. Dee 978-1566635226

## External links

- [Entry at *The Huffington Post*.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-feigon)

- [Entry at The Council of Independent Colleges](https://web.archive.org/web/20150211185913/http://www.cic.edu/Programs-and-Services/Programs/Woodrow-Wilson-Visiting-Fellows/Pages/Lee-Feigon.aspx)

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