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China: A Modern History

Michael Dillon

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Description:China's transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable -- and most controversial -- development in modern history. Barely a century removed from the struggling and out-dated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. Yet the full implications of ChinaOCOs rapid march to modernity are not widely understood - particularly, the effects of ChinaOCOs meteoric rise on the nationOCOs many ethnic minorities. China: A Modern History is the definitive guide to this complex contemporary phenomenon._x000D__x000D_Deng XiaopingOCOs 1980s policy of OCyreform and openingOCO, which saw China enter the world market, is only the most recent in a series of dramatic shifts that have transformed Chinese society over the past 150 years. China: A Modern History explores these contrasts in detail, while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia. _x000D__x000D_Beginning with the waning years of the Qing dynasty, Dillon compellingly recounts the 19th-century period of OCynational humiliationOCO, when China became a virtual colony of the Western powers and Japan. Nationalists brought down the humbled Celestial Empire in 1911, ushering in a long period of discord from which MaoOCOs Chinese Communist Party emerged bloodily triumphant in 1949. In a society still overwhelmingly agricultural, MaoOCOs colossal structural changes propelled China to superpower status - but at an enormous human toll. By MaoOCOs death in 1976, programmes like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution had once more brought China to the brink of total collapse. It was at this moment that, against all odds, China recast itself yet again: this time, under the visionary leadership of Deng Xiaoping, as a nation of OCySocialism with Chinese characteristicsOCO. Informed by both ancient and contemporary values, China has entered the new century on a powerful footing, commanding unprecedented financial and industrial resources - prepared to meet the West on its own terms._x000D__x000D_Michael DillonOCOs China: A Modern History is essential reading for those interested in the past, present and future course of one of the worldOCOs great nations. Clearly and compellingly written, this will stand as the best introduction to this spectacular and still-unfinished story._x000D_"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with China: A Modern History. To get started finding China: A Modern History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 515

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 085772164X

Description: China's transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable -- and most controversial -- development in modern history. Barely a century removed from the struggling and out-dated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. Yet the full implications of ChinaOCOs rapid march to modernity are not widely understood - particularly, the effects of ChinaOCOs meteoric rise on the nationOCOs many ethnic minorities. China: A Modern History is the definitive guide to this complex contemporary phenomenon._x000D__x000D_Deng XiaopingOCOs 1980s policy of OCyreform and openingOCO, which saw China enter the world market, is only the most recent in a series of dramatic shifts that have transformed Chinese society over the past 150 years. China: A Modern History explores these contrasts in detail, while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia. _x000D__x000D_Beginning with the waning years of the Qing dynasty, Dillon compellingly recounts the 19th-century period of OCynational humiliationOCO, when China became a virtual colony of the Western powers and Japan. Nationalists brought down the humbled Celestial Empire in 1911, ushering in a long period of discord from which MaoOCOs Chinese Communist Party emerged bloodily triumphant in 1949. In a society still overwhelmingly agricultural, MaoOCOs colossal structural changes propelled China to superpower status - but at an enormous human toll. By MaoOCOs death in 1976, programmes like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution had once more brought China to the brink of total collapse. It was at this moment that, against all odds, China recast itself yet again: this time, under the visionary leadership of Deng Xiaoping, as a nation of OCySocialism with Chinese characteristicsOCO. Informed by both ancient and contemporary values, China has entered the new century on a powerful footing, commanding unprecedented financial and industrial resources - prepared to meet the West on its own terms._x000D__x000D_Michael DillonOCOs China: A Modern History is essential reading for those interested in the past, present and future course of one of the worldOCOs great nations. Clearly and compellingly written, this will stand as the best introduction to this spectacular and still-unfinished story._x000D_"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with China: A Modern History. To get started finding China: A Modern History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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