Modernization and Revolution in China From the Opium Wars to the Olympics

Name: Modernization and Revolution in China From the Opium Wars to the Olympics
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ISBN: 9780765623911

ISBN-10: 0765623919

ISBN-13: 9780765623911

Edition: 4th 2010 (Revised)

Authors: June Grasso, Jay Corrin, Michael Kort

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Extensively revised and updated, this popular text conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Spanning the years from China's humiliating defeat in the Opium Wars to its triumphant hosting of the 2008 summer Olympics, the authors narrate the major developments of that journey: the breakdown of imperial China in the face of Japanese and Western encroachments; Sun-Yatsen and the founding of the Chinese republic; the early struggles between the ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's bitter and costly war with Japan; the final shootout that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; the turbulent first…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Michael Kort is a professor of social science at Boston University's College of General Studies. He is the author of several books on the Soviet Union and Cold War history including The Handbook of the Former Soviet Union; The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath;and The Cold War.



Preface


A Note on the Pronunciation of Chinese Names



The Middle Kingdom



Patterns of Traditional Chinese Life



Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion



The New Chinese Republic



Nationalists and Communists



China at War



Creating the New Order: 1949-1957



The Great Leap and the Bad Fall



The Cultural Revolution



A Second Revolution: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping



The Era of Jiang Zemin



China in the World



The Fourth Generation


Notes


Suggested Readings


Index


About the Authors