Modernization and Revolution in China

by June Grasso, Jay Corrin, Michael Kort

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032124896
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/14/2024
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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 Era of Jiang Zemin 12. The Fourth Generation 13. The Era of Xi Jinping—The Fifth Generation of Chinese Leadership Suggested Readings

Editorial Reviews

A survey of modern Chinese history, primarily for college undergraduates and lay historians, that fills the gap between textbooks that are too lengthy or detailed in their coverage of the imperial period and those which, if devoted to the communist era, are incomplete in their treatment of the all-important 19th-century background. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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