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Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition

By Maurice Meisner

Book information

Publisher
Free Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0684856352, 9780684856353
LCC
DS777.55 .M455 1999
Open Library ID
OL370976M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31835284 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
587\298
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this much-anticipated revision, Maurice Meisner again provides piercing insight and comprehensive coverage of China's fascinating and turbulent modern history. In addition to new information provided throughout this classic study, the new Part Six, "Deng Xiaoping and the Origins of Chinese Capitalism: 1976-1998," analyzes the country's uneasy relationships with democracy, socialism, and capitalism. Meisner incisively displays the contrasts between China's speech and actions regarding these subjects. Retaining the elegance, lucidity, fairness, insightfulness, and comprehensiveness he is known for, Meisner moves far beyond his previous work to paint a never-before-seen portrait of the political and social realities of China on the brink of the millennium, and the global implications of its rise to economic and political power.

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