China 1949

Author : Graham Hutchings
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755607341

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"Excellent." The Economist "A gripping account." South China Morning Post "Well worth reading." The Morning Star "A persuasive and readable narrative." History Today "Elegantly written." The Tablet "An excellent study." The Chartist "Engaging." Asia Times The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the dramatic collapse of Chiang Kai-shek's 'pro-Western' Nationalist government, overthrown by Mao Zedong and his communist armies, and the foundation of the People's Republic of China. China 1949 follows the huge military forces that tramped across the country, the exile of once-powerful leaders and the alarm of the foreign powers watching on. The well-known figures of the Revolution are all here. But so are lesser known military and political leaders along with a host of 'ordinary' Chinese citizens and foreigners caught in the maelstrom. They include the often neglected but crucial role played by the 'Guangxi faction' within Chiang's own regime, the fate of a country woman who fled her village carrying her baby to avoid the fighting, a prominent Shanghai business man and a schoolboy from Nanyang, ordered by his teachers to trek south with his classmates in search of safety. Shadowing both the leaders and the people of China in 1949, Hutchings reveals the lived experiences, aftermath and consequences of this pivotal year -- one in which careers were made and ruined, and popular hopes for a 'new China' contrasted with fears that it would change the country forever. The legacy of 1949 still resonates today as the founding myth, source of national identity and root of the political behaviour of modern China. Graham Hutchings has written a vivid, gripping account of the year in which China abruptly changed course, and pulled the rest of world history along with it.

Author : Linda Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317243090

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China Since 1949 by Linda Benson Pdf

Exploring the remarkable story of China’s rise to global prominence, China since 1949 provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the events that have shaped the country since the middle of the twentieth century. Covering the Maoist era through the Reform period to the present day, this book addresses subjects such as China’s position as a world economic power, the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of ethnic minorities, women’s experiences under the Communist regime, and China’s human rights record. Fully updated throughout, the third edition includes: a new chapter focusing on China since 2010 discussion of current issues such as China’s territorial disputes, computer hacking and cyber-espionage, corruption, leadership changes, and the slowing of China’s economic growth extensively revised chapters on China and the World and on Government, Politics and the Economy An updated selection of primary source documents. Also containing a chronology of events from 1949 to 2015, a Who’s Who of key figures, a glossary and a guide to further reading, China Since 1949 is an accessible and engaging introduction to China’s recent past and essential reading for students of modern Chinese history.

Author : Peter Zarrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134219773

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China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 by Peter Zarrow Pdf

Providing historical insights, essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this book explores the events that led to the rise of communism and a strong central state during the early twentieth century.

Author : Chu-Yuan Cheng
Publisher : U of M Center for Chinese Studies
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780472038398

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The Economy of Communist China, 1949-1969 by Chu-Yuan Cheng Pdf

Economic development in mainland China during the first two decades of Communist control provides a typical example for the difficult task to transform a vast underdeveloped agrarian economy into a modern industrial one. In the first half of this period, a series of massive transformations of social and economic institutions was accompanied by a drafted industrialization program; the result was an impressive speed-up in economic growth. The second decade witnessed an economic crisis (1960-62) and a political upheaval (1966-68). These disruptions marred the economic performance over the period as a whole. Consequently, the long-term growth rate appears to have been only moderate.The Economy of Communist China reviews selected aspects of the economy. After examining the development strategy, it analyzes the quantitative trends and the structural changes. The book goes on to analyze the key factors contributing to the earlier growth and the elements responsible for the later disruption and finally assesses the impact of the Cultural Revolution on the Chinese economy and the prospects of the current Third Five-Year Plan.The text includes a bibliography of selected materials on Chinese economic development.

Author : Peng Deng
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0819193135

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China's Crisis and Revolution Through American Lenses, 1944-1949 by Peng Deng Pdf

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Author : Kevin Peraino
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307887238

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A Force So Swift by Kevin Peraino Pdf

"A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Lloyd E. Eastman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1991-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521385911

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The Nationalist Era in China, 1927-1949 by Lloyd E. Eastman Pdf

In recent years historians of China have focused increased attention on the critical decades of National rule on the mainland. This recent scholarship has substantially modified our understanding of the political events of this momentous period, shedding light on the character of Nationalist rule and on the sources of the Communist victory in 1949. Yet no existing textbook on modern China presents the events of the period according to these new findings. The five essays in this volume were written by leading authorities on the period, and they synthesize the new research. Drawn from Volume 13 of The Cambridge History of China, they represent the most complete and stimulating political history of the period available in the literature. The essays selected deal with Nationalist rule during the Nanking decade, the Communist movement from 1927 to 1937, Nationalist rule during the Sino-Japanese War, the Communist movement during the Sino-Japanese war, and the Kuomintang-Communist struggle from 1945 to 1949.

Author : Y. Zhang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230373921

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China in International Society Since 1949 by Y. Zhang Pdf

This book is a reinterpretation of China's international relations since 1949. Employing the notion and theory of international society, it offers a systematic examination of China's unique relationship with the society of states from its alienation in the 1950s and the 1960s to its political socialisation and economic integration in the 1980s and the 1990s. It explores how such a unique relationship has shaped and is likely to shape Chinese foreign policy. This book provides an entirely new perspective for our understanding of forces influencing Chinese foreign policy behaviour.

Author : Paolo Urio
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811388798

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China 1949–2019 by Paolo Urio Pdf

The objective of this book is to take stock of the research Paolo Urio has conducted since 1997 on the rise of modern China, with emphasis on strategic public management. The starting point of the book is China’s will to recover world power status. This objective is of paramount importance for understanding the policies implemented since 1949, their rationale, content, and consequences upon Chinese society and economy, as well as their sequence in time, i.e. the underlying grand strategy. Starting from these premises, the book proposes an analysis of the contradictions that have developed within China since 1949, the positive and the negative consequences of the public policies implemented to overcome these imbalances, i.e.: the Communist Party’s loss of reputation at the end of Mao era; the introduction of market mechanisms by Deng and the resulting imbalances within Chinese economy, society and environment; the rebalances policies of the Hu Jintao era; and finally the assertive power policies of Xi Jinping, both nationally, e.g. the fight against corruption, and internationally, i.e. China’s new role in the world, especially as a competitor of the Unites States.

Author : Suzanne Pepper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742573659

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Civil War in China by Suzanne Pepper Pdf

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945_1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first and remains the only comprehensive analysis of how the ruling Nationalists lost that war_not just militarily, but by alienating the civilian population through corruption and incompetence. Now available in a new edition, this authoritative investigation of Kuomintang failure and communist success explores the new research and archival resources available for assessing this pivotal period in contemporary Chinese history. Even more relevant today given the contemporary debates in Hong Kong and Taiwan over the terms of reunification with a communist-led national government in Beijing, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking a nuanced understanding of twentieth-century Chinese politics.

Author : Colin Bown
Publisher : London : Heinemann Educational
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : China
ISBN : UCBK:B000792097

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China 1949-76 by Colin Bown Pdf

Author : Graham Hutchings
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755607358

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China 1949 by Graham Hutchings Pdf

"Excellent." The Economist "A gripping account." South China Morning Post "Well worth reading." The Morning Star "A persuasive and readable narrative." History Today "Elegantly written." The Tablet "An excellent study." The Chartist "Engaging." Asia Times The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the dramatic collapse of Chiang Kai-shek's 'pro-Western' Nationalist government, overthrown by Mao Zedong and his communist armies, and the foundation of the People's Republic of China. China 1949 follows the huge military forces that tramped across the country, the exile of once-powerful leaders and the alarm of the foreign powers watching on. The well-known figures of the Revolution are all here. But so are lesser known military and political leaders along with a host of 'ordinary' Chinese citizens and foreigners caught in the maelstrom. They include the often neglected but crucial role played by the 'Guangxi faction' within Chiang's own regime, the fate of a country woman who fled her village carrying her baby to avoid the fighting, a prominent Shanghai business man and a schoolboy from Nanyang, ordered by his teachers to trek south with his classmates in search of safety. Shadowing both the leaders and the people of China in 1949, Hutchings reveals the lived experiences, aftermath and consequences of this pivotal year -- one in which careers were made and ruined, and popular hopes for a 'new China' contrasted with fears that it would change the country forever. The legacy of 1949 still resonates today as the founding myth, source of national identity and root of the political behaviour of modern China. Graham Hutchings has written a vivid, gripping account of the year in which China abruptly changed course, and pulled the rest of world history along with it.

Author : Shiping Zheng
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521588197

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Party Vs. State in Post-1949 China by Shiping Zheng Pdf

This book provides the most comprehensive analysis of one of the most important issues in China today: the tensions between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese state legislative, judicial, administrative, and military institutions. Taking the 'neo-institutionalist' approach, the author suggests that the Communist Party in post-1949 China faces an institutional dilemma: the Party cannot live with the state, and it cannot live without the state. Zheng demonstrates that it is not only conceptually constructive, but analytically imperative to distinguish the state from the Communist Party. Secondly, he integrates detailed study with broader generalizations about Chinese politics, thus making efforts to overcome the tendency toward specialized scholarship at the expense of comparative and systemic understanding of China. He also opens a new dimension of Chinese politics - the uncertain and conflictual relationship between the Communist Party and the Chinese state.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1116 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Political Science
ISBN : WISC:89005645502

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United States Relations with China by United States. Department of State Pdf

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Author : Jiahua Pan,Shiji Gao,Qingrui Li,Jinnan Wang,Dekai Wu,Chengliang Huang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789813367425

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Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views on Eco-civilization Construction by Jiahua Pan,Shiji Gao,Qingrui Li,Jinnan Wang,Dekai Wu,Chengliang Huang Pdf

This book discusses and studies the basic course of ecological civilization construction in the 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China and summarizes the experience and lessons. It contains 75 articles from 75 top experts and government officials in the field of ecological civilization policy-making and basic theory research in China, including Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, ecological culture, green industry economy, environmental quality, legal system, ecological security and so on, so as to provide reference for understanding and studying the progress of ecological environment protection since the founding of China.