China: A Modern History - Brossura

Dillon, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1780763816 ISBN 13: 9781780763811

Casa editrice: Tauris Academic Studies, 2012

Riassunto

China's transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable - and most controversial - development in modern history. Barely a century removed from the struggling and out-dated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. Yet the full implications of China's rapid march to modernity are not widely understood - particularly, the effects of China's meteoric rise on the nation's many ethnic minorities. China: A Modern History is the definitive guide to this complex contemporary phenomenon. Deng Xiaoping's 1980s policy of "reform and opening," which saw China enter the world market, is only the most recent in a series of dramatic shifts that have transformed Chinese society over the past 150 years. China: A Modern History explores these contrasts in detail, while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia. Michael Dillon's China: A Modern History is essential reading for those interested in the past, present and future course of one of the world's great nations. Clearly and compellingly written, this will stand as the best introduction to this spectacular and still-unfinished story.

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Recensione:

'For a crisp, concise and authoritative overview of where China has come from in the past two centuries, this book would be hard to better' -Kerry Brown, Times Higher Education Supplement '[A] readable and well-structured survey of China from the Qing dynasty to the present era' -Kenneth C. Walker, Asian Affairs Journal 'Michael Dillon has written a lucid and penetrating history of China that achieves both breadth and depth' -Gregor Benton, Professor of Chinese History, Cardiff University --Gregor Benton, Professor of Chinese History, Cardiff University

L'autore:

Michael Dillon was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society and was Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2009. He currently teaches Chinese Studies at Newcastle University.

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• Editore: Tauris Academic Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1780763816
• ISBN 13: 9781780763811
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 504