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Bitter Revolution
Rana Mitter
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Description for Bitter Revolution
Paperback. China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Rana Mitter goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. By the 1920s the seemingly civilized world shaped over the last two thousand years by the legacy of the great philosopher Confucius was falling apart in the face of western imperialism and internal warfare. Chinese cities still bore the imprints of its ancient past with ... Read more
China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Rana Mitter goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. By the 1920s the seemingly civilized world shaped over the last two thousand years by the legacy of the great philosopher Confucius was falling apart in the face of western imperialism and internal warfare. Chinese cities still bore the imprints of its ancient past with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Making of the Modern World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192806055
SKU
V9780192806055
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99-1
About Rana Mitter
Rana Mitter is University Lecturer in the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of St Cross College. He is the author of The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) and co-editor (with Patrick Major) of Across the Blocs: Cold War Cultural and Social Histories (2003). He has broadcast on ... Read more
Reviews for Bitter Revolution
Review from previous edition Breathtaking and authoritative
Graham Hutchings, former China Correspondent, Daily Telegraph
An impressive and inventively researched book
Financial Times
With compelling prose and insightful analysis, Rana Mitter paints a brilliant, lively portrait critical to understanding the soul of modern China
Iris Chang, New York Times best-selling author of The Rape of Nanking ... Read more
Graham Hutchings, former China Correspondent, Daily Telegraph
An impressive and inventively researched book
Financial Times
With compelling prose and insightful analysis, Rana Mitter paints a brilliant, lively portrait critical to understanding the soul of modern China
Iris Chang, New York Times best-selling author of The Rape of Nanking ... Read more