the rise of a superpower Dikötter, Frank 1961- creator text bibliography nyu 2022 monographic eng

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xvi, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm "Through decades of direct experience of the People's Republic combined with extraordinary access to hundreds of hitherto unseen documents in communist party archives, the author of The People's Trilogy offers a riveting account of China's rise from the disaster of the Cultural Revolution. He takes us inside the country's unprecedented four-decade economic transformation--from rural villages to industrial metropoles and elite party conclaves--that vaulted the nation from 126th largest economy in the world to second largest. A historian at the pinnacle of his field, Dikötter challenges much of what we think we know about how this happened. Casting aside the image of a society marching unwaveringly toward growth, in lockstep to the beat of the party drum, he recounts instead a fascinating tale of contradictions, illusions, and palace intrigue, of disasters narrowly averted, shadow banking, anti-corruption purges, and extreme state wealth existing alongside everyday poverty. He examines China's navigation of the 2008 financial crash, its increasing hostility towards perceived Western interference, and its development into a thoroughly entrenched dictatorship with a sprawling security apparatus and the most sophisticated surveillance system in the world. As this magisterial book makes clear, the communist party's goal was never to join the democratic world, but to resist it--and ultimately defeat it"-- From one dictator to another (1976-1979) -- Retrenchment (1979-1982) -- Reform (1982-1984) -- Of people and prices (1984-1988) -- The massacre (1989) -- Watershed (1989-1991) -- Capitalist tools in socialist hands (1992-1996) -- Big is beautiful (1997-2001) -- Going global (2001-2008) -- Hubris (2008-2012). adult Frank Dikötter. First published in 2022 in Great Britain. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-374) and index. a-cc--- Dictatorship China History Dictaduras Historia China China History 1976-2002 China History 2002- China Historia China Economic conditions 1976-2000 China Economic conditions 2000- China Condiciones económicas China Politics and government 1976-2002 China Politics and government 2002- China Política y gobierno 408 DS 779.2 D575c 2022 951.05/7 Dikötter, Frank, New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022 9781639730513 1639730516 2022435822 HBP 230606 20240325131717.0 23174178 eng