The search for modern China, Jonathan D. Spence
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The search for modern China, Jonathan D. Spence
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages A25-A52) and index
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illustrationsmaps
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The search for modern China
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
818293307
Responsibility statement
Jonathan D. Spence
Table Of 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?
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