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The Resource The search for modern China, Jonathan D. Spence

The search for modern China, Jonathan D. Spence

Label
The search for modern China
Title
The search for modern China
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan D. Spence
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Spence, Jonathan D
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • China
  • China
  • China
Label
The search for modern China, Jonathan D. Spence
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages A25-A52) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
The late Ming -- The Manchu conquest -- Kangxi's consolidation -- Yongzheng's authority -- Chinese society and the reign of Qianlong -- China and the eighteenth-century world -- The first clash with the West -- The crisis within -- Restoration through reform -- New tensions in the late Qing -- The end of the dynasty -- The new republic -- A road is made -- The fractured alliance -- The Guomindang in power -- Communist survival -- World War II -- The fall of the Guomindang state -- The birth of the People's Republic -- Planning the new society -- Deepening the revolution -- Cultural revolution -- Reopening the doors -- Redefining revolution -- Levels of power -- Testing the limits -- Century's end -- Breakthrough?
Control code
FIEb17300575
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
Third Edition.
Extent
xxxiii, 707 pages, A136 pages
Isbn
9780393934519
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)818293307
Label
The search for modern China, Jonathan D. Spence
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages A25-A52) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
The late Ming -- The Manchu conquest -- Kangxi's consolidation -- Yongzheng's authority -- Chinese society and the reign of Qianlong -- China and the eighteenth-century world -- The first clash with the West -- The crisis within -- Restoration through reform -- New tensions in the late Qing -- The end of the dynasty -- The new republic -- A road is made -- The fractured alliance -- The Guomindang in power -- Communist survival -- World War II -- The fall of the Guomindang state -- The birth of the People's Republic -- Planning the new society -- Deepening the revolution -- Cultural revolution -- Reopening the doors -- Redefining revolution -- Levels of power -- Testing the limits -- Century's end -- Breakthrough?
Control code
FIEb17300575
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
Third Edition.
Extent
xxxiii, 707 pages, A136 pages
Isbn
9780393934519
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)818293307

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