| Description |
1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introductory note : Chinese names and Chinese geography -- Writing Chinese names -- Regional geography -- 1. The Chinese past : The birth of China -- Confuciansim -- Legalism -- Daoism -- The unification of China -- The coming of Buddhism -- The later dynasties -- Government and society under the Qing -- 2. The collapse of the old order : The first Western impact -- Internal problems -- Foreign pressure increases -- The revolution of 1911 -- Yuan Shikai and the warlord era -- The May fourth movement and the new culture movement -- 3. The Communist party and the first united front : The coming of Communism -- The first united front -- The Communist-Guomindang split -- 4. The Nanjing decade, 1927-37 : The Guomindang government at Nanjing -- The Jiangxi Soviet -- The long march -- The Japanese threat -- The second united front -- 5. World war and Community victory : The war begins -- Communism, nationalism, and the 'new democracy' -- Chiang and the United States -- The 'Dixie mission' -- The Japanese surrender -- The return to land reform -- The final Communist victory -- 6. The People's Republic of China, 1949-57 : Reform in the countryside -- Into the cities -- The transition to socialism -- Ideological remoulding and the 'hundred flowers' -- The international position of the PRC -- 7. The great leap and the great split : The great leap forward -- The Sino-Soviet split -- Problems along the borders -- Dispute in Beijing -- 8. The cultural revolution : 1966 : 'to rebel is justified!' -- The years of chaos : 1967-68 -- The initial results -- Aftermath : 1969-76 -- Left and right -- International relations -- 9. The post-Mao reforms : The deaths of Zhou and Mao -- The question of individual freedom -- China and the world -- Economic reforms -- 10. The era of Deng Xiaoping : The background to the democracy movement : Tiananmen -- Politics after Tianamen -- Foreign relations -- Hong Kong and Taiwan -- Facing the future : population pressures -- 11. The boom years : Economic reform once again -- Money to spend -- Massive inequalities -- A stable political system? -- Foreign relations -- Hong Kong and Taiwan -- Issues of religion -- Issues of freedom -- China's prospects |
| Summary |
"Beginning with the overthrow of the Emperor in 1911, Moise guides us through a century of ever-unfolding drama with characteristic clarity and balance. Examining the effects of the communist revolution, he argues that in the early days Mao Zedong established the most effective government China had ever known, and that even during the bizarre excesses and blood-letting of the Cultural Revolution, there were still issues that were dealt with in a national and effective manner." "Modern China sends us a clear message: the rapid and fundamental change that has framed the last century has not slowed or stalled but acts us a pointer to the near certainty of significant further change. To understand China's future we must understand its past."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- 20th century -- Textbooks
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Textbooks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317868422 |
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1317868420 |
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9781317868439 |
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1317868439 |
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9781315835624 |
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1315835622 |
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