Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary China : 1949 to the present / Gilles Guiheux ; translated by Andrew Brown.

Author

Guiheux, Gilles

Publication

Cambridge : Polity Press, 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

Brown, Andrew (Literary translator)

Description

xi, 412 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"With a population of nearly 1.5 billion and the world's second largest economy, China is a major player in the world today, and yet many in the West know very little about contemporary China. This book provides a clear, authoritative and up-to-date history of China since 1949, drawing on extensive research to describe and explain the key developments and to dispel the many myths and misconceptions surrounding this twenty-first-century superpower. In contrast to many commentators who overstate the novelty of the Communist regime, Guiheux emphasizes instead its complex political heritage, highlighting the many continuities it shares with the reformers and revolutionaries of the early twentieth century. At the same time, the ability of China's authoritarian regime to transform the economy and society is key to understanding its breakneck trajectory of modernization - an ability that, as Guiheux explains, far outweighed the importance and effectiveness of Mao's utopian vision. Guiheux also aims to 'de-exoticize' China. While not on the path of a Western-style modernity, China has experienced the same phenomena that have characterized every historical process of modernization: industrialization, urbanization, bureaucratization and globalization. This expertly researched history of the People's Republic of China will be essential reading for all students and scholars of Chinese history and politics, and for anyone interested in contemporary China"--Publisher's description.

Uniform Title

République populaire de Chine. English

Alternative Title

République populaire de Chine.

Subject

• Since 1949
• Politics and government
• Economic policy
• China > History > 1949-
• China > Politics and government > 1949-
• China > Economic policy > 1949-
• China

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Originally published in French as La République populaire de Chine : histoire générale de la Chine (de 1949 à nos jours).
• Translated from French.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-391) and index.

Contents

Establishment of a new regime (1949-1957) -- Maoism and its excesses (1958-1976) -- Giving priority to economic modernization (1976-1992) -- Building a new model (after 1992) -- Forms of government: from arbitrary rule to the aborted attempt at institutionalization -- The creation of wealth: from planned economy to the market -- Society on the move: mobility and inequality -- The towns versus the countryside -- Populations: the modernization of society -- Education and culture.

Call Number

JFE 23-2934

ISBN

• 1509552499
• 9781509552498
• 9781509552511 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022945382

OCLC

1346152945

Author

Guiheux, Gilles, author.

Title

Contemporary China : 1949 to the present / Gilles Guiheux ; translated by Andrew Brown.

Publisher

Cambridge : Polity Press, 2023.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-391) and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1949

Added Author

Brown, Andrew (Literary translator), translator.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781509552511

Research Call Number

JFE 23-2934