Michael Dillon

China

A Modern History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 182mm x 252mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1050g
• ISBN-13: 9780755602612
• Artikelnr.: 59413302

Inhaltsangabe

PrefaceIntroduction1. Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire2. China and the West: The Road to the Opium War3. Taiping, Nain and Muslim Uprisings (1850-1884)4. Restoration and Colonisation (1861-1884)5. Boxer Rising and Imperial Decline (1899-1911)6. The Struggle for the Republic of China (1911-1916)7. May Fourth Movement, Communists and Nationalists (1917-1924)8. Northern Expedition and United Front (1923-1927)9. Nanjing Expedition and Long March (11927-1937)10. Japanese Invasion, Second United Front and Civil war (1937-1949) Interlude11. Liberation and People's Republic of China (1949-1954) 12. Agriculture, Industry, Marriage Reform and the Intelligentsia (1950-1965)13. Great Leap Forward (1958-1965) 14. Cultural Revolution (1966-1980)15. Modernising and Opening China16. Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia17. Hong Kong and Taiwan18. China after Deng Xiaoping19. Xi Jinping and the New AuthoritarianismBiographical notesFurther reading Index

Rezensionen

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 'an indispensable introduction to modern Chinese history.' CHOICE