| Edition |
2nd enl. ed. |
| Description |
xix, 560 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-528) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Approaches to understanding China's history -- Part 1. Rise and decline of the imperial autocracy. Origins: The discoveries of archaeology -- The first unification: Imperial Confucianism -- Reunification in the Buddhist age -- China's greatest age: Northern and southern Song -- The paradox of Song China and inner Asia -- Government in the Ming dynasty -- The Qing success story -- Part 2. Late Imperial China, 1600-1911. The paradox of growth without development -- Frontier unrest and the opening of China -- Rebellion and restoration -- Early modernization and the decline of Qing power -- The Republican Revolution, 1901-1916 -- Part 3. The Republic of China, 1912-1949. The quest for a Chinese civil society -- The Nationalist revolution and the Nanjing government -- The second coming of the Chinese Communist Party -- China's War of Resistance, 1937-1945 -- The civil war and the nationalists on Taiwan -- Part 4. The People's Republic of China. Establishing control of state and countryside -- The Great Leap Forward, 1958-1960 -- The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- The post-Mao reform era / by Merle Goldman -- Epilogue: China at the start of the twenty-first century / by Merle Goldman. |
| Summary |
A broad history of China, covering the period from the earliest archaeological records to the present. Updated by Merle Goldman from the original 1992 edition in order to include the reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come. |
| Subject |
China -- History.
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China -- History.
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Goldman, Merle, author.
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| ISBN |
9780674018280 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0674018281 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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8120337409 |
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9788120337404 |
| Standard No. |
9780674018280 |
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