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"Extensively revised and fully updated in this sixth edition, this popular textbook conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Featuring a new analysis of the issues facing China's fifth generation of leaders, it explores...

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Main Authors: Grasso, June M., 1951- (Author), Corrin, Jay P., 1943- (Author), Kort, Michael, 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
China > History > 19th century.
China > History > 20th century.
Chine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
China.
1800-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The Middle Kingdom
  • Patterns of Traditional Chinese Life
  • Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion
  • The New Chinese Republic
  • Nationalists and Communists
  • China at War
  • Creating the New Order 1949-
  • The Great Leap and the Bad Fall
  • The Cultural Revolution
  • A Second Revolution: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping
  • The Leadership of Jiang Zemin
  • The Fourth Generation
  • The Xi Jinping Era-China as Superpower.