02058. THE THOUGHT OF MAO TSE TUNG: THE EARLY YEARS. Traces Mao's life from his birth in 1893 to his establishment as a provincial party leader in the 1930s. Considers some of the early influences that caused Mao to become a Communist and the extent to which Mao's early philosophy contributed to the development of Communist theory. 28 pages, 52 footnotes, 15 bibliographic sources.