Bibliograph

The creation of modern China, 1894-2008, the rise of a world power, Iain Robertson Scott

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The creation of modern China, 1894-2008, the rise of a world power, Iain Robertson Scott

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The creation of modern China, 1894-2008

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

958454694

Responsibility statement

Iain Robertson Scott

Series statement

Anthem perspectives in historyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the rise of a world power

Summary

China preoccupies us; yet its recent past is still relatively unfamiliar. No country has undergone a greater period of sustained and turbulent change than China in the twentieth century, but it has emerged again as a leading global power. It is, therefore, more important than ever to understand the society it has become and its rise to such influence. This timely study uses recent research to explore how China has been transformed from an economic and political backwater at the start of the twentieth century to its current pre-eminent position one hundred years later.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The last of the emperors, 1894-1912 -- Division, deceit and new directions, 1912-37 -- War and civil war, 1937-49 -- Communism in action, 1949-57 -- The great leap forward, 1957-65 -- The cultural revolution, 1966-76 -- Deng Xiaoping and the boom years, 1976-2008

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