| Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
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text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the politics behind the economics of Asia's rise / Ramachandra Guha -- Gandhi, India, and the world / Ramachandra Guha -- Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization / Jay Taylor -- Ho Chi Minh : nationalist icon / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Mao Zedong and charismatic Maoism / Rana Mitter -- Jawaharlal Nehru : a romantic in politics / Ramachandra Guha -- Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" / Chen Jian -- Sukarno : anticipating an Asian century / James R. Rush -- Deng Xiaoping and the China he made / Odd Arne Westad -- Indira Gandhi : India and the world in transition / Srinath Raghavan -- Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew : traveling light, traveling fast / Michael D. Barr -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto : in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan / Farzana Shaikh. |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Politics behind the Economics of Asia's Rise -- One. Gandhi, India, and the World -- Two. Chiang Kai- Shek and Chinese Modernization -- Three. Ho Chi Minh: Nationalist Icon -- Four. Mao Zedong and Charismatic Maoism -- Five. Jawaharlal Nehru: A Romantic in Politics -- Six. Zhou Enlai and China's "Prolonged Rise" -- Seven. Sukarno Anticipating an Asian Century -- Eight. Deng Xiaoping and the China He Made -- Nine. Indira Gandhi: India and the World in Transition -- Ten. Singaporеђ́ةS Lee Kuan Yew: Traveling Light, Traveling Fast -- Eleven. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: In Pursuit of an Asian Pakistan -- Notes. Acknowledgments. Notes On Contributors. Credits. Index -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Credits -- Index. |
| Summary |
The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, Makers of Modern Asia presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Politicians -- Asia -- Biography.
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Politicians. |
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Asia. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Asia -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
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International relations. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General. |
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Politics and government. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Guha, Ramachandra, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Makers of modern Asia. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2014 385 pages 9780674365414 (DLC) 2014006043 |
| ISBN |
9780674735781 (electronic book) |
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0674735781 (electronic book) |
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0674365410 (alkaline paper) |
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9780674365414 (alkaline paper) |
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9780674365414 |
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9780674970809 |
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0674970802 |
| Standard No. |
10.4159/harvard.9780674735781 |
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