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China: A Political History, 1917-1980 (Hardcover)
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China: A Political History, 1917-1980 (Hardcover)
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The People's Republic of China is changing. It is modernizing,
shifting ideological gears, becoming realistic about development
needs and goals, and moving away from its isolationist past toward
a much more open and pragmatic assessment of its present and future
position in the world. In the post-Mao period, China also seems to
be willing to engage, albeit reluctantly, in the painful internal
reshuffling of priorities and functions necessary to speed
development. But change has not been easy: there have been major
problems, both domestic and international. Richard Thornton puts
the events of the past eight years in China into historical
perspective in this updated and expanded version of his textbook on
China's political history since 1917 (first published in 1973 as
China: The Struggle for Power, 1917-1972). With the additional
material, the book now stands as the most detailed account
available. Professor Thornton deals with every significant issue
that has confronted the leaders of revolutionary China and
discusses the origins of the People's Republic. How did communism
first take root in China? How did Mao first gain control of the
Communist movement? What were the ingredients of Mao's victory and
emergence as the undisputed master of the most populous country in
the world? What was the origin of the Sino-Soviet alliance and what
caused its collapse in the fifties? And in what sense were the
tumultuous events of the Cultural Revolution of the sixties a
prelude to the emergence of the new pragmatism and the Sino-U.S.
rapprochement in the seventies? There has been very little
stability in China's recent past, but Professor Thornton points out
that there has been a historical logic in the sequence of China's
history. An awareness of this logic is vital to understanding
China's future.
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