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Makers of Modern Asia (Paperback)
Ramachandra Guha; Contributions by Ramachandra Guha, Jay Taylor, Rana Mitter, Odd Arne Westad, …
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Hardly more than a decade old, the twenty-first century has already
been dubbed the Asian Century in recognition of China and India's
increasing importance in world affairs. Yet discussions of Asia
seem fixated on economic indicators-gross national product, per
capita income, share of global trade. Makers of Modern Asia
reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting
the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, who helped
launch the Asian Century. The nationalists who crafted modern Asia
were as much thinkers as activists, men and women who theorized and
organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military
campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems. The
eleven thinker-politicians whose portraits are presented here were
a mix of communists, capitalists, liberals, authoritarians, and
proto-theocrats-a group as diverse as the countries they represent.
From China, the world's most populous country, come four: Mao
Zedong, leader of the Communist Revolution; Zhou Enlai, his close
confidant; Deng Xiaoping, purged by Mao but rehabilitated to play a
critical role in Chinese politics in later years; and Chiang
Kai-shek, whose Kuomintang party formed the basis of modern Taiwan.
From India, the world's largest democracy, come three: Mohandas
Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi, all of whom played
crucial roles in guiding India toward independence and prosperity.
Other exemplary nationalists include Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh,
Indonesia's Sukarno, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, and Pakistan's
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. With contributions from leading scholars,
Makers of Modern Asia illuminates the intellectual and ideological
foundations of Asia's spectacular rise to global prominence.
One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China s
rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a
global power that promises to one day rival the United States.
Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates
this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a
man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the
world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil
conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression.
In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong his archrival for
leadership of China he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another
twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China,
Chiang suppressed opposition with his white terror, controlled
inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised
personal income, health, and educational levels on the island.
Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan s evolution of a
Chinese model of democratic modernization.
Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang s diaries,
"The Generalissimo" provides the most lively, sweeping, and
objective biography yet of a man whose length of uninterrupted,
active engagement at the highest levels in the march of history is
excelled by few, if any, in modern history. Jay Taylor shows a man
who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also
courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing
fascinating aspects of Chiang s life, Taylor provides penetrating
insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle
for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with
Taiwan.
A play that challenges our understanding of mythology, and forces
us to ask vital questions about military occupation. 'They ask us.
When we sign up. We all get asked. "What do you want to do for the
Capital State?" And we reply. "Fight. Help. Assist. Do some good."
Do some GOOD. That's so horrific it's funny.' Jacob doesn't know
why he's here. He's been at war for six years, but nobody will tell
him why. The Moon is upstairs and he wants so desperately to talk
to her, but they just won't let him. Will she be his salvation? Jay
Taylor's debut play, The Acedian Pirates premiered at Theatre503,
London, in October 2016, produced by Tara Finney Productions and
Theatre503. 'Very funny and very powerful' Hilary Mantel
This work analyses how political economic shifts contribute to
competition within higher education systems in the US, EU, and
Canada. The authors highlight competition for prestige and public
and private subsidies, exploring the consequences of these
processes through theoretical and empirical analyses. Accordingly,
the work highlights topics that will be of interest to a wide range
of audiences. Concepts addressed include stratification,
privatization of formerly public subsidies, preference for "high
tech" academic fields, and the vocationalization of the curriculum
(i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: [STEM]
fields, selected professions, and business) rather than the liberal
arts or the Humboldtian vision of the university. Across national
contexts and analytic methods, authors analyze the growth of
national policies that see universities as a sub set of economic
development, casting universities as corporate research
laboratories and education as central to job creation. Throughout
the volume, the authors make the case that national and regional
approaches to politics and markets result in different experiences
of consequences of academic capitalism. While these shifts serve
the interests of some institutions, others find themselves
struggling to meet ever-greater expectations with stagnant or
shrinking resource bases.
This work analyses how political economic shifts contribute to
competition within higher education systems in the US, EU, and
Canada. The authors highlight competition for prestige and public
and private subsidies, exploring the consequences of these
processes through theoretical and empirical analyses. Accordingly,
the work highlights topics that will be of interest to a wide range
of audiences. Concepts addressed include stratification,
privatization of formerly public subsidies, preference for "high
tech" academic fields, and the vocationalization of the curriculum
(i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: [STEM]
fields, selected professions, and business) rather than the liberal
arts or the Humboldtian vision of the university. Across national
contexts and analytic methods, authors analyze the growth of
national policies that see universities as a sub set of economic
development, casting universities as corporate research
laboratories and education as central to job creation. Throughout
the volume, the authors make the case that national and regional
approaches to politics and markets result in different experiences
of consequences of academic capitalism. While these shifts serve
the interests of some institutions, others find themselves
struggling to meet ever-greater expectations with stagnant or
shrinking resource bases.
For most of us, the innocence of youth too quickly fades as we
succumb to the age of reason and common sense. Let your own
youthful memories envelop you as you follow the path of a boy and
his siblings who, for one brief and amazing summer, escape that
threat, and turn their West Texas home into their own personal
world full of danger and fun. This witty story will let you
experience a surreal time when unbridled imagination gave rise to
the unlikely adventures of a lifetime.
Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek, was born in 1910, when Chinese women, nearly all
illiterate, hobbled about on bound feet and men wore pigtails as
symbols of subservience to the Manchu Dynasty. In his youth
Ching-kuo was a Communist and a Trotskyite, and he lived twelve
years in Russia. He died in 1988 as the leader of Taiwan, a Chinese
society with a flourishing consumer economy and a budding but
already wild, woolly, and open democracy. He was an actor in many
of the events of the last century that shaped the history of
China's struggles and achievements in the modern era: the surge of
nationalism among Chinese youth, the grand appeal of
Marxism-Leninism, the terrible battle against fascist Japan, and
the long, destructive civil war between the Nationalists and the
Communists. In 1949, he fled to Taiwan with his father and two
million Nationalists. He led the brutal suppression of dissent on
the island and was a major player in the cold, sometimes hot war
between Communist China and America. By reacting to changing
economic, social, and political dynamics on Taiwan, Sino-American
rapprochement, Deng Xiaoping's sweeping reforms on the mainland,
and other international events, he led Taiwan on a zigzag but
ultimately successful transition from dictatorship to
democracy.
Jay Taylor underscores the interaction of political
developments on the mainland and in Taiwan and concludes that if
China ever makes a similar transition, it will owe much to the
Taiwan example and the Generalissimo's son.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Point of Aim, Point of Impact Is one mans recolection of his
Vietnam experience. That young man was a Marine Corps Scout Sniper
and the book addresses many issues of the Scout Snipers and Vietnam
Vetrans both during the war and present day. It is not a book that
glorifies war or weaves a Hollywood script around lies and half
truths. In telling the story of one young Marine Sniper it attempts
to deal with the real issues which evolved from the tramatic
experiences of killing people and watching friends being maimed and
killed. Point of Aim, Point of Impact is a must read for all
Veterans From WWII to todays returning warriors as well as their
family and friends.
Point of Aim, Point of Impact Is one mans recolection of his
Vietnam experience. That young man was a Marine Corps Scout Sniper
and the book addresses many issues of the Scout Snipers and Vietnam
Vetrans both during the war and present day. It is not a book that
glorifies war or weaves a Hollywood script around lies and half
truths. In telling the story of one young Marine Sniper it attempts
to deal with the real issues which evolved from the tramatic
experiences of killing people and watching friends being maimed and
killed. Point of Aim, Point of Impact is a must read for all
Veterans From WWII to todays returning warriors as well as their
family and friends.
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