| The Way Forward: From Early Republic to People's Republic (1912-1949) Contributor(s): Liu, Jing (Author), Hammond, Lorie (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1611720702 ISBN-13: 9781611720709 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 951.04 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.98" W x 7.87" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: China entered the 20th century as an agrarian society, weakened under internal and external pressures. Revolutionaries came together to bring down the last imperial dynasty but quickly split over the the direction of reconstruction. Civil wars ensued, followed by WWI. The fate of the country appeared to be in the hands of industrial powers like Britain, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States. All seemed lost when Japan seized all Chinese seaports, railways, industries, and fertile farmland. Yet Chinese resistance continued for eight years and the entire society was mobilized. After decades of struggling, China finally regained independence that laid the foundation for its own modernization. |