The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 23 June 2016
- ISBN 9780199683758
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 253x202x23 mm
- Weight 984 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 142 colour halftones; 10 maps 0
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Short description:
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century'
MoreLong description:
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century', introducing readers to important but often overlooked events in China's past, such as the bloody Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), which had a death toll far higher than the roughly contemporaneous American Civil War. It also helps readers see more familiar landmarks in Chinese history in new ways, such as the Opium War (1839-1842), the Boxer Uprising of 1900, the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989.
This is one of the first major efforts - and in many ways the most ambitious to date - to come to terms with the broad sweep of modern Chinese history, taking readers from the origins of modern China right up through the dramatic events of the last few years (the Beijing Games, the financial crisis, and China's rise to global economic pre-eminence) which have so fundamentally altered Western views of China and China's place in the world.
This finely crafted volume has much to offer to readers, no matter how familiar they are with modern Chinese history ... the wealth of images together with the rich chapters make this history of modern China one of a kind.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550-1792
New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792-1860
Restoration and reform, 1860-1900
Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic
The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919-1937
The War Years, 1937-1949
The Early Years of the People's Republic, 1950-1964
The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964-1976
Reform and Rebuilding, 1976-1988
Tiananmen and Its Aftermath, 1989-1999
China Rising, 2000-2010
The Presence of the Past - A Coda
Timeline
Further Reading
Index
