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Modern China - A History (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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Modern China - A History (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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The past hundred years in China have seen almost continuous
transformation and upheaval. From Confucianist monarchy to
warlordism, from fanatically doctrinaire socialist tyranny to
almost doctrineless social-capitalism, China has experienced
political, cultural and economic disintegration, reunion, and
revolution on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the overthrow
of the Emperor in 1911, Moise guides us through a century of
ever-unfolding drama with characteristic clarity and balance.
Examining the effects of the communist revolution, he argues that
in the early days Mao Zedong established the most effective
government China had ever known, and that even during the bizarre
excesses and blood-letting of the Cultural Revolution, there were
still issues that were dealt with in a rational and effective
manner. Moving on to the developments since the death of Mao in
1976, in a section fully revised and updated for this new edition,
Moise gives a nuanced account of the two sides of China: its
spectacularly successful programme of capitalist economic
development, and its continuing dictatorship. He contends that
dictatorship is now much less total than it was until the mid-70s;
although dissenters are still persecuted, their very existence is
evidence of a significant loosening of repression. However, there
is a heavy price being paid for the Chinese economic miracle. The
environmental effects of this boom already stretch well beyond the
borders of China. Modern Chinasends us a clear message: the rapid
and fundamental change that has framed the last century has not
slowed or stalled but acts as a pointer to the near certainty of
significant further change. To understand Chinas future we must
understand its past. Edwin E. Moise is Professor of History at
Clemson University, South Carolina and a specialist in the history
of China and Vietnam. His previous works include Land Reform in
China and North Vietnam(1983) and Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of
the Vietnam War (1996).
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