| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-357) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Introduction: The new 'New China'; 2. Search for Socialism: From Liberation to Utopia; 3. Mao Zedong versus the Party: From cult to Cultural Revolution; 4. The Rebel Alternative: From 1919 to the Red Guards; 5. Second Cultural Revolution: The abortive Great Debate; 6. Economics in Command: The modernization of China; 7. Peasant China Transformed: The rise of rural enterprise; 8. The Growth of Dissent: Poets and democracy; 9. The Party under Pressure: Reform and reaction; 10. The Scholars Speak Out: Humanism or Bourgeois Liberalism? |
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11. The Door Opens Wide: China and the world economy12. Tiananmen Square, 1989: Turning-point for China; 13. Into the New Millennium: China transformed; 14. China and the World: From Mao to market; Notes; Chronology 1949-2004; China's Political Leaders; Select Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index. |
| Summary |
A highly readable account of the dramatic changes in China from Mao Zedong's revolution through the turmoil of the Red Guards to the country's emergence as a world economic powerhouse. - ;Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by environmental catastrophe? In this highly readable account, John Gittings provides the essential information to help answer these vital questions for the world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development -- China -- 21st century.
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Economic development. |
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China. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
China -- History -- 1949-
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1949- |
| Subject |
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
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Politics and government. |
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China -- Economic conditions -- 1949-
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gittings, John. Changing face of China. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 019280734X 9780192807342 (OCoLC)65467591 |
| ISBN |
9780191517419 (electronic book) |
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0191517410 (electronic book) |
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1281346330 |
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9781281346339 |
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9780192807342 |
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019280734X |
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0192806122 (Cloth) |
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