The politics of China : sixty years of the People's Republic of China / edited by Roderick MacFarquhar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacFarquhar, Roderick, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government--1949-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 675 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty years ago, China was emerging from one of the most traumatic periods in its history. The Chinese people had been ravaged by long years of domestic struggle, terrible famine and economic and political isolation. Today, China has the world's second largest economy and is a major player in global diplomacy. This volume, written by some of the leading experts in the field, tracks China's extraordinary transformation from the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, through the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and the death of Chairman Mao, to its dynamic rise as a superpower in the twenty-first century. The latest edition of the book includes a new introduction and a seventh chapter which focuses on the legacy of Deng Xiaoping, the godfather of China's transformation, under his successors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.

Contents:

The establishment and consolidation of the new regime, 1949-1957 / Frederick C. Teiwes

The Great Leap Forward and the split in the Yan'an leadership, 1958-1965 / Kenneth Lieberthal

The Chinese state in crisis, 1966-1969 / Harry Harding

The succession to Mao and the end of Maoism, 1969-1982 / Roderick MacFarquhar

The road to Tiananmen : Chinese politics in the 1980s / Richard Baum

Reaction, resurgence, and succession : Chinese politics since Tiananmen / Joseph Fewsmith

Dilemmas of globalization and governance / Alice Miller.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-12441-2

1-107-21478-5

1-283-31493-2

1-139-12271-1

9786613314932

0-511-84240-6

1-139-12763-2

1-139-11261-9

1-139-11697-5

1-139-11480-8

OCLC:

763158051