Living with reform
Subtitle: China since 1989
By: Timothy Cheek
Series: Global history of the present
Publisher: Fernwood Pub.; Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Nova Scotia; London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: China -- History -- 1976-2002; China -- History -- 2002-
Other titles: China since 1989
Description: China is huge. China is growing more powerful. Yet China remains a great mystery to most people in the West. This contemporary history, based on the latest scholarly research, offers a balanced perspective of the continuing legacy of Maoism in the lifeways not only of China's leaders but China's working people. It outlines the ambitious economic reforms taken since the 1980s and shows the complex responses to the consequences of reform in China today. It shows the domestic concerns and social forces that shape the foreign policy of one of the worlds great powers. It will equip the reader to judge media reports independently and to consider the experience and values not only of the Chinese government but China's workers, women, and minorities. -- Publisher's Description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-164) and index
Table of contents: title: Preface - what does Tiananmen mean?; title: Making sense: what is China?; title: Living history: what was Maoism?; title: Reform: Mao is dead, long live Mao!; title: Brave new world: reform and openness; title: Winners and losers: reactions to reform; title: China in the world today