Modernization and Revolution in China

Extensively revised and fully updated in this sixth edition, this popular textbook conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history.

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June Grasso is Associate Professor of Social Sciences at the College of General Studies, Boston University, USA.

Jay P. Corrin is Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences at the College of General Studies, Boston University, USA.

Michael G. Kort is Professor of Social Sciences at the College of General Studies, Boston University, USA.

Inhalt

1. The Middle Kingdom 2. Patterns of Traditional Chinese Life 3. Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion 4. The New Chinese Republic 5. Nationalists and Communists 6. China at War 7. Creating the New Order 1949-1957 8. The Great Leap and the Bad Fall 9. The Cultural Revolution 10. A Second Revolution: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping 11. The Leadership of Jiang Zemin 12. The Fourth Generation 13. The Xi Jinping Era-China as Superpower