China: New Age And New Outlook
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At a pivotal crossroads between ancient tradition and revolutionary transformation, China: New Age and New Outlook presents a sweeping and authoritative examination of a nation in the throes of radical reinvention. Ping-Chia Kuo, a distinguished Chinese historian and diplomat, chronicles the dramatic political, social, and economic forces reshaping modern China in the mid-twentieth century, charting the country's turbulent path from imperial decay through nationalist struggle to the consolidation of Communist power under Mao Zedong. With the precision of a scholar and the clarity of an insider, Kuo argues that China's transformation cannot be understood without a firm grasp of its deep historical currents, its Confucian social fabric, and the immense pressures exerted by Western imperialism and Cold War geopolitics. His measured yet compelling prose illuminates the aspirations of a people determined to reclaim sovereignty and reshape their destiny on the world stage. Published in 1956, when the People's Republic was still in its formative years, this work stands as a remarkable primary document of its era — raising questions about power, identity, and modernisation that remain urgently relevant today.
Author: Ping-Chia Kuo
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Asian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At a pivotal crossroads between ancient tradition and revolutionary transformation, China: New Age and New Outlook presents a sweeping and authoritative examination of a nation in the throes of radical reinvention. Ping-Chia Kuo, a distinguished Chinese historian and diplomat, chronicles the dramatic political, social, and economic forces reshaping modern China in the mid-twentieth century, charting the country's turbulent path from imperial decay through nationalist struggle to the consolidation of Communist power under Mao Zedong. With the precision of a scholar and the clarity of an insider, Kuo argues that China's transformation cannot be understood without a firm grasp of its deep historical currents, its Confucian social fabric, and the immense pressures exerted by Western imperialism and Cold War geopolitics. His measured yet compelling prose illuminates the aspirations of a people determined to reclaim sovereignty and reshape their destiny on the world stage. Published in 1956, when the People's Republic was still in its formative years, this work stands as a remarkable primary document of its era — raising questions about power, identity, and modernisation that remain urgently relevant today.