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Rebellions and revolutions : China from the 1800s to 2000 / Jack Gray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Jack, 1926-
- Series:
- Short Oxford history of the modern world
- The short Oxford history of the modern world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History--19th century.
- China.
- History.
- China--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- lxxi, 493 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- China from the 1800s to 2000
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- This is a study of China from the 1800s to the present day. It focuses on China's problems of development - the decay and collapse of the Chinese Empire, its failure to recover in the first half of the twentieth century, and its rapid emergence in world affairs since the Communist Party Revolution of 1949. This new edition examines economic growth, updates Chinese foreign policy, provides a revised account of the Tiananmen Incident, and brings the chronology completely up to date.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [463]-471) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198700695
- OCLC:
- 50314532
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