Title: Modern China : the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present /
Authors: Fenby, Jonathan.
Publisher: Ecco,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Mao, Zedong,; China History; China History; China Economic conditions
Abstract: Documents the history of modern China and its evolution from a turbulent, troubled nation in the mid-nineteenth century to a powerful global economic, cultural, and political force in the twenty-first century.
Contents: End of Empire -- Revolution and Republic -- Wars without end -- The rule of Mao -- The age of Deng -- Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao -- Who's who in modern China -- The late-Qing emperors -- China's growth, 1976-2000 -- China's population -- Communist Party leaders in the People's Republic -- Communist Party organization at the centre.