The Penguin History of Modern China. The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2008

Fenby, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0713998326 / ISBN 13: 9780713998320

Edité par London Allen Lane, the Penguin Group 2008, 2008

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First Edition, second impression, with printing line showing '2' only. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Publisher's red boards with gilt lettering to spine, and red endpapers. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. [xlvii], 768 (8 maps and 24 pages of black-and-white and colour photographs). A book in Fine condition, in a Fine dust-jacket which is not price-clipped.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Penguin History of Modern China. The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2008
• Éditeur: London Allen Lane, the Penguin Group 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0713998326
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780713998320
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
  • HISTORY

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Synopsis

In the second half of the 19th century, China appeared as the sick man of Asia, rocked by recurrent revolts and huge natural disasters, ruled by an anachronistic imperial system and humiliated by foreign invasions. Karl Marx saw it as bound to disintegrate, like ‘any mummy carefully preserved in a hermetically sealed coffin’.

The first half of the 20th century was even worse, culminating in fourteen years of invasion by Japan, four years of civil war and three decades of chaotic, oppressive rule by Mao Zedong that killed tens of millions.

Now, at the start of the 21st century, China is a major global force, booming economically and confident that it holds the keys to a future in which it will rival the United States.

It is impossible to understand modern China without understanding the country’s terrible recent past and Jonathan Fenby’s magnificent new book is the essential work. The Penguin History of Modern China is both a brilliant narrative, crammed with surprising and interesting stories, and a profound study of the nature of political power and its abuse.

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Fenby, CBE, has been the editor of the Observer and the South China Morning Post. His books include Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost and Dealing with the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong. He is currently Editor-in-Chief and China Editor of the analytical service, Trusted Sources.