The Oxford history of modern China / edited by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.

Contributor Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. editor.

ImprintOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Descriptionxvii, 486 pages : maps ; 20 cm.

Note:"The text of this edition was first published in The Oxford Illustrated History of China in 2016." --Title page verso.

Note:Introduction / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550-1792 / Anne Gerritsen -- New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792-1860 / Stephen R. Platt -- Restoration and Reform, 1860-1900 / Robert Bickers -- Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic / Peter Zarrow -- The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919-1937 / James Carter -- The War Years, 1937-1949 / Rana Mitter -- The Early Years of the People's Republic, 1950-1964 / S. A. Smith -- The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964-1976 / Richard Curt Kraus -- Reform and Rebuilding, 1976-1988 / Timothy Cheek -- Tiananmen and Its Aftermath, 1989-1999 / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess -- China Rising, 2000-2010 / William A. Callahan -- The People's Leader: The Xi Jinping Era of Chinese Politics / Diana Fu and Emile Dirks -- The Presence of the Past: A Coda / Ian Johnson.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-441) and index.

Note:Explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower in what promises to be the 'Chinese century'.

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