Modern

Modern China, a History

By - Edwin E. Moìˆse
ISBN 10 - 058277277X
ISBN 13 - 9780582772779
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - China
Shelf No - 4
Call Number - 951.05 MOI 2008
Edition - 3rd ed.
Physical Description - x, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes - includes index
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The past hundred years in China have seen almost continuous transformation and upheaval. From Confucianist monarchy to warlordism, from fanatically doctrinaire socialist tyranny to almost doctrineless social-capitalism, China has experienced political, cultural and economic disintegration, reunion, and revolution on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the overthrow of the Emperor in 1911, Moise guides us through a century of ever-unfolding drama with characteristic clarity and balance. 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 as a pointer to the near certainty of significant further change. To understand Chinas future we must understand its past.

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