Research Catalog

Title

The search for modern China / Jonathan D. Spence.

Author

Spence, Jonathan D.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton, c1999.

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Description

xxxi, 728, A131 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

This book is the second edition of the author's history of modern China. The new discussions in this revision include the extension of imperial power into central Asia by the eighteenth century emperors, women's literacy and education in the Qing, the early development of Chinese nationalism, the roots of Chinese communism and alternatives to Mao, the early stages of the Great Leap Forward and of the Cultural Revolution. Also, there is a new chapter at the end of the book on economic, cultural, and political developments since 1989.

Subject

• China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• China > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. A23-A45) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The use of Pinyin -- Conquest and Consolidation. The late Ming -- The Manchu Conquest -- Kangxi's consolidation -- Yongzheng's authority -- Chinese society and the reign of Qianlong -- China and the Eighteenth-Century world -- Fragmentation and Reform. The first clash with the West -- The crisis within -- Restoration through reform -- New tensions in the Late Qing -- The end of the Dynasty -- Envisioning State and Society. The new republic -- "A road is made" -- The fractured alliance -- The Guomindang in power -- Communist survival -- War and Revolution. World War II -- The fall of the Guomindang State -- The birth of the People's Republic -- Planning the new society -- Deepening the revolution -- Cultural revolution -- Re-entering the World. Reopening the doors -- Redefining revolution -- Levels of power -- Testing the limits -- Century's end.

ISBN

0393973514 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98022145^

OCLC

• 39143093
• SCSB-9946950

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library