Modern China

By Edwin E. Moïse

Book Overview

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.

Modern China sends 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 China's future we must understand its past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 058277277X
• ISBN13: 9780582772779
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"