The Chinese century : a photographic history of the last hundred years / Jonathan D. Spence & Annpin...
The Chinese century : a photographic history of the last hundred years / Jonathan D. Spence & Annpin...
The Chinese century : a photographic history of the last hundred years / Jonathan D. Spence & Annping Chin ; photographs researched by the authors, Colin Jacobson and Annabel Merullo.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, c1996.
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NQ951.033/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
264 p. : ill., map ; 32 cm.
Contents
1. End of Empire - 1894-1906 -- 2. A Fragile Constitution - 1907-1917 -- 3. Away with the Old - 1917-1924 -- 4. Alliance and Purge - 1925-1928 -- 5. Rule of the Guomindang - 1928-1936 -- 6. War with Japan - 1937-1941 -- 7. World War and Civil War - 1942-1949 -- 8. A Communist State - 1949-1957 -- 9....
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Publisher
New York : Random House, c1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
The photographs are paired with a stunning historical text by one of the West's most respected China scholars, Jonathan D. Spence, writing here for the first time with his wife, Annping Chin. The narrative traces the nation's disintegration into civil and world war, Communist revolution, and its slow reemergence as a military and economic superpowe...
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The Chinese century : a photographic history of the last hundred years / Jonathan D. Spence & Annping Chin ; photographs researched by the authors, Colin Jacobson and Annabel Merullo.
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Includes index.
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c1996.
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NQ951.033/1
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74VvwRlgBZrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwRlgBZrO
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ISBN
0131467484 :
9780679449805
0679449809
9780131467484 :
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951.033
MMS ID
991004281599702626
