Modernization and revolution in China : from the Opium Wars to world power
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Modernization and revolution in China : from the Opium Wars to world power
（An East gate book）
M.E. Sharpe, c2004
3rd ed
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-337) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The drama of China's struggle to modernize unfolds against the backdrop of a proud and enduring history in the new and completely revised edition of this classic text. Spanning the years of the Opium War to twenty-first century China, the book covers the great episodes that highlight that journey: the breakdown of Imperial China in the face of relentless Western and Japanese encroachments; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the decades-long struggles between the ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's bitter and costly war with Japan; the years of the People's Republic punctuated by the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen; up to the rise of the Fourth Generation leadership and the tenure of Jiang Zemin - with special emphasis on China's role in the Gulf wars, North Korea, and the war on terrorism. As China continues to develop as a political and economic superpower, this book will help students understand how the nation reached new heights from the depths in which it found itself during the nineteenth century.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Middle Kingdom
- 2. Patterns of Traditional Chinese Life
- 3. Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion
- 4. The New Chinese Republic
- 5. Nationalists and Communists
- 6. China at War
- 7. Creating the New Order: 1949-1957
- 8. The Great Leap and the Bad Fall
- 9. The Cultural Revolution 10. A Second Revolution: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping
- 11. The Era of Jiang Zemin
- 12. The "Fourth Generation"
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