from the Great Qing to Xi Jinping Mühlhahn, Klaus creator author. text bibliography mau 2019 monographic eng spa

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737 p. : 23 cm. Klaus Mühlhahn situates modern China in the nation's long, dynamic tradition of overcoming adversity and weakness through creative adaptation--a legacy of crisis and recovery that is apparent today in China's triumphs but also in its most worrisome trends. Mühlhahn's panoramic survey rewrites the history of modern China for a new generation.-- Part 1. The rise and fall of Qing China: Age of Glory: 1644-1800 -- Reordering the Chinese world: 1800-1870 -- Late Qing predicaments: 1870-1900 -- Part 2. Chinese revolutions: Upending the empire: 1900-1919 -- Rebuilding during the Republican Era: 1920-1937 -- China at war: 1938-1948 -- Part 3. Remaking China: Socialist transformation: 1949-1955 -- Leaping ahead: 1955-1965 -- Overthrowing everything: 1966-1976 -- Part 4. China rising -- Reform and opening: 1977-1989 -- Overall advance: 1990-2012 -- Ambitions and anxieties: contemporary China. Klaus Muhlhahn. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 China History Republic, 1912-1949 China History 1949- DS 754 M952m 2019 951 9780674737358 MH/DLC 180302 20230411090105.0 eng