Title: Modernization and revolution in China : from the Opium Wars to world power /
Authors: Grasso, June M., 1951-; Corrin, Jay P., 1943-; Kort, Michael, 1944-
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe,
Year: 2004
Subjects: China History; China History
Contents: The Middle Kingdom -- Patterns of traditional Chinese life -- Imperial breakdown and western invasion -- The new Chinese republic -- Nationalists and communists -- China at war -- Creating the new order: 1949-1957 -- The Great Leap and the bad fall -- The Cultural Revolution -- A second revolution: the reforms of Deng Xiaoping -- The era of Jiang Zemin -- The "fourth generation."