Chronicles reforms, revolutions, and wars through the lens of institutions, often rebutting Western impressions...
Unlike an earlier generation of sc. --New Yorker A remarkable accomplishment.
Chronicles reforms, revolutions, and wars through the lens of institutions, often rebutting Western impressions.
A dynamic story of crisis and recovery, failure and triumph, Making China Modern explores the versatility and resourcefulness that guaranteed China\'s survival, powered its rise, and will determine its future.
More recently, after Mao, China managed a surprising recovery, rapidly undergoing profound economic and social change.
Then, as the Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion ripped the country apart, China found itself verging on free fall.
In the eighteenth century, the Qing Empire dominated a third of the world\'s population.
But China has a long history of creative adaptation.
Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead? It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng Xiaoping and to recent changes in economic policy. --William C.
Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China.
A dynamic story of crisis and recovery, failures and triumphs, Making China Modern explores the versatility and resourcefulness that has guaranteed China\'s survival in the past, and is now fueling its future.
In the twentieth century China managed a surprising recovery, rapidly undergoing profound economic and social change, buttressed by technological progress.
Then, as the Opium Wars threatened the nation\'s sovereignty and the Taiping Rebellion ripped the country apart, China found itself verging on free fall.
In the mid-eighteenth century, when the Qing Empire reached the height of its power, China dominated a third of the world\'s population.
But China has had a long history of creative adaptation and it would be a mistake to think that its current trajectory began with Deng Xiaoping.
Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead? It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to recent changes in political leadership and economic policy. --William C. --New Yorker This thoughtful, probing interpretation is a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence and will be read by all students and scholars of modern China.
And] warns against thinking of China\'s economic success as proof of a unique path without contextualizing it in historical specifics.
Chronicles reforms, revolutions, and wars through the lens of institutions, often rebutting Western impressions..
