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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.



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Chapter 1: The Last of the Emperors, 1894—1912; Chapter 2: Division, Deceit and New Directions, 1912—1937; Chapter 3: War and Civil War, 1937—1949; Chapter 4: Communism in Action, 1949—1957; Chapter 5: The Great Leap Forward, 1957-65; Chapter 6: The Cultural Revolution, 1966—1976; Chapter 7: Deng Xiaoping and the Boom Years, 1976—2008

The Creation of Modern China, 1894–2008: The Rise

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      Publisher: Anthem Press
      Publication Date: 30/06/2016
      ISBN13: 9781783084975, 978-1783084975
      ISBN10: 1783084979

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: The Last of the Emperors, 1894—1912; Chapter 2: Division, Deceit and New Directions, 1912—1937; Chapter 3: War and Civil War, 1937—1949; Chapter 4: Communism in Action, 1949—1957; Chapter 5: The Great Leap Forward, 1957-65; Chapter 6: The Cultural Revolution, 1966—1976; Chapter 7: Deng Xiaoping and the Boom Years, 1976—2008

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