The creation of modern China, 1894-2008 : the rise of a world power / Iain Robertson Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Iain Robertson, author.

Series:

Anthem perspectives in history.

Anthem perspectives in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--1861-1912.

China.

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

China--History--1949-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 336 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2016.

Summary:

China preoccupies us; yet its recent past is still relatively unfamiliar. No country has undergone a greater period of sustained and turbulent change than China in the twentieth century, but it has emerged again as a leading global power. It is, therefore, more important than ever to understand the society it has become and its rise to such influence. This timely study uses recent research to explore how China has been transformed from an economic and political backwater at the start of the twentieth century to its current pre-eminent position one hundred years later.

Contents:

The last of the emperors, 1894-1912

Division, deceit and new directions, 1912-37

War and civil war, 1937-49

Communism in action, 1949-57

The great leap forward, 1957-65

The cultural revolution, 1966-76

Deng Xiaoping and the boom years, 1976-2008.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jul 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783084982

1783084987