Screen LibraryModernization and revolution in China：from the Opium Wars to world power
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| Group Author: | ; |
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M.E. Sharpe,
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| Publisher Address: | Armonk, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | c2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 353 p.: map ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0765614472 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K27 |
| CLC: | K27 |
| Call Number: | K27/G769/3rd.ed. |
| Contents: |
"An East Gate Book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-337) and index. 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: 1949-1957 -- The Great Leap and the bad fall -- The Cultural Revolution -- A second revolution: the reforms of Deng Xiaoping -- The era of Jiang Zemin -- The "fourth generation." |