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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan D Spence |
| ISBN: | 0393973514 9780393973518 |
| OCLC Number: | 39143093 |
| Description: | xxxi, 728, [A131] p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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 -- FRAGMENTATON 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 -- Appendixes. |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan D. Spence. |
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