China's Path to Modernization A Historical Review from 1800 to the Present

Name: China's Path to Modernization A Historical Review from 1800 to the Present
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ISBN: 9780130807472

ISBN-10: 0130807478

ISBN-13: 9780130807472

Edition: 3rd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Ranbir Vohra

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For a survey course on The History of Modern China or a political science course on The Political Development of Modern China. Revised and updated, this thoughtful, balanced and highly readable work provides a succinct, yet comprehensive and cohesive overview of China's tortuous path to modernization. The author prepares readers to understand the complex interaction between the Chinese cultural tradition and the internal and external pressures for change that led China onto the path of revolution and Communism. He provides a penetrating analysis of Mao Ze-dong's impact on the making of contemporary China and investigates the nature of Deng Xiao-ping's second revolution that reversed many…

Book details

List price: $142.40
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


The Pinyin System


Maps



China on the Eve of European Aggression



The End of Isolation: 1800-1860



Decline of the Old Order, Beginning of the New: 1860-1895



China Turns to Revolution: 1895-1911



The Republic That Never Was: 1912-1927



The Nationalist Government: 1928-1937



The Second Sino-Japanese War and the Rise of Chinese Communists to Power: 1937-1949



From “Liberation” to “Independence” : 1949-1958



From Consensus to Factional Conflict: 1959-1966



From the Cultural Revolution to Mao's Death: 1966-1976



Den Xiao-Ping's New Model for China, 1976-1992



The Blossoming of Deng's “Second Revolution” : 1992-1999


Selected Bibliography


Index