Making China Modern

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A panoramic survey of China's rise and resilience through war and rebellion, disease and famine, that rewrites China's history for a new generation.It is tempting to attribute China's recent ascendance to changes in political leadership and economic policy. Making China Modern teaches otherwise. Moving beyond the standard framework of Cold War competition and national resurgence, Klaus Muhlhahn situates twenty-first-century China in the nation's long history of creative adaptation.In the mid-eig...Vis mer