| China Unbound: Evolving Perspectives on the Chinese Past Contributor(s): Cohen, Paul a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415298237 ISBN-13: 9780415298230 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $85.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: This volume contains a number of articles on modern Chinese History and historiography written by on of the leading academic experts on the subject. The author provides a critique of older approaches to nineteenth-century history and offers powerful reinterpretations of such key events in the recent history of China as the boxer rebellion, Mao's ascension to power in 1949, and the process of political and economic reform in the post-Mao era. This is a strong collection, which will be of enormous interest to scholars of East Asian history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 951.035 |
| LCCN: 2002151642 |
| Series: Critical Asian Scholarship |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.16" W x 9.24" (0.89 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains a number of articles on modern Chinese history and historiography written by one of the leading academic experts on the subject. The author provides a critique of older approaches to nineteenth-century history and offers powerful reinterpretations of such key events in the recent history of China as the boxer rebellion, Mao's ascension to power in 1949, and the process of political and economic reform in the post-Mao era. This is a strong collection which will be of enormous interest to scholars of East Asian history. |