Modernization and Revolution in China

Grasso, June,Corrin, Jay P.,Kort, Michael

ISBN 10: 0765614472 / ISBN 13: 9780765614476

Verlag: Routledge, 2004

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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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Modernization and Revolution in China
Verlag: Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 3. Auflage