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The Making of Modern China: A Short History book cover

1st Edition

The Making of Modern China A Short History

By Owen Lattimore, Eleanor Lattimore Copyright 1945
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1945 at a time when China’s importance in world affairs was growing, this book examined the story of China’s long past which explains her strengths and weaknesses and rightly predicted the role the country would play in the future of Asia and the world. The book discusses the development of Chinese civilization and succeeds in making China accessible to the non-specialist.... Read more

Part 1: The Land and the People 1. Where is China and What Does It Look Like? 2. Who Are the Chinese? 3. Border Lands Part 2: The Oldest Living Civilization 1. The Birth of China 2. The Chinese Empire 3. China and the West Part 3: Modern China 1. The Chinese Revolution 2. Changing China Before The War 3. The War Part 4: Today and Tomorrow 1. Contemporary China 2. The Peace and the Future.

Biography

Owen Lattimore (1900–1989), Eleanor Lattimore (1895–1970)

Original Review of The Making of Modern China:

‘This book fulfils with rare fidelity what is promised in the title…one is impressed by the simplicity and directness of approach…’ Arthur W. Hummel, The American Historical Review, Vol 50, Issue 1 (1944)

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