Title: The Chinese revolution in historical perspective
Description: This introduction to the social, political, and intellectual history of China offers new perspectives as it analyzes two crucial and interrelated questions. Schrecker proposes new approaches for conceptualizing and evaluating China's modern revolution and the long and often misunderstood Chinese past, clarifying a topic made more complex because the West and Western ideas have played crucial roles in the revolutionary process. The volume presents a concise history of China, reinterprets the revolution and its relationship to the past, and provides valuable insights into the problems of contemporary China. It is of importance for the general reader and should be useful as a text in courses in Chinese, comparative and world history.
Subjects: History, Intellectual life, Politics and government, Revolutions, Social conditions, China, history, 19th century, China, intellectual life, China, politics and government, China, history, 20th century
Places: China
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century