Making China modern : from the Great Qing to Xi Jinping / Klaus Muhlhahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mühlhahn, Klaus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

China.

History.

China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.

China--History--1949-.

Qing Dynasty (China).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 717 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Klaus Mühlhahn situates modern China in the nation's long, dynamic tradition of overcoming adversity and weakness through creative adaptation--a legacy of crisis and recovery that is apparent today in China's triumphs but also in its most worrisome trends. Mühlhahn's panoramic survey rewrites the history of modern China for a new generation.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. The rise and fall of Qing China: Age of Glory: 1644-1800

Reordering the Chinese world: 1800-1870

Late Qing predicaments: 1870-1900

Part 2. Chinese revolutions: Upending the empire: 1900-1919

Rebuilding during the Republican Era: 1920-1937

China at war: 1938-1948

Part 3. Remaking China: Socialist transformation: 1949-1955

Leaping ahead: 1955-1965

Overthrowing everything: 1966-1976

Part 4. China rising

Reform and opening: 1977-1989

Overall advance: 1990-2012

Ambitions and anxieties: contemporary China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674737358

0674737350

OCLC:

1020310370