Modernization and Revolution in China

by Michael Kort, June Grasso, Jay P Corrin

Book Overview

This text narrates the episodes that highlight the drama of China's struggle to modernize, such as the breakdown of imperial China in the face of relentless Western and Japanese encroachments, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873325397
• ISBN13: 9780873325394
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

good book, easy reading and plenty of information

This book is one of my textbook. I can honestly say this is a great book. The book provides the reader with the history of China in the Twentieth century and an overall theme of Chinese traditional value. The book gives a good explaination of what make China who they are today. The first 2 chapters are about rough history of ancient of China and Chinese traditional value. The rest of the book is about the history from early communist revolution to present. The language is accessible, easy to read, but provide a good academic ground. This book is actually a text for one of my subject in Master course. But, it's very easy to read that should be consider as a casual reading too.

fun, fun, fun

Besides the fact that this was specifically designed to be a textbook (whatever that means) ... While this book focuses on China's history in the modern period, the authors claim that, "an understanding of contemporary China requires an appreciation of it's rich historical traditions." And they've done an excellent job of looking back without losing their focus or boring the reader.