Modern China
Subtitle: the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present
By: Jonathan Fenby.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9780061661167
Subjects: Mao, Zedong, -- 1893-1976.; China -- History -- 20th century.; China -- History -- 19th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: "Published in Great Britain as The Penguin history of modern China in 2008 by the Penguin Group"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 715-735) and index.