Making China modern : from the Great Qing to Xi Jinping / Klaus Mühlhahn.

Author: Mühlhahn, Klaus, author.

ImprintCambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.

Descriptionxiii, 717 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Note:Part 1. The rise and fall of Qing China -- Age of Glory: 1644-1800 -- Reordering the Chinese world: 1800-1870 -- Late Qing predicaments: 1870-1900 -- Part 2. Chinese revolutions -- Upending the empire: 1900-1919 -- Rebuilding during the Republican Era: 1920-1937 -- China at war: 1938-1948 -- Part 3. Remaking China -- Socialist transformation: 1949-1955 -- Leaping ahead: 1955-1960 -- Overthrowing everything: 1961-1976 -- Part 4. China rising -- Reform and opening: 1977-1989 -- Overall advance: 1990-2012 -- Ambitions and anxieties: contemporary China.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Klaus Mühlhahn situates modern China in the nation's long, dynamic tradition of overcoming adversity and weakness through creative adaptation--a legacy of crisis and recovery that is apparent today in China's triumphs but also in its most worrisome trends. Mühlhahn's panoramic survey rewrites the history of modern China for a new generation.-- Provided by publisher

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