World In Transformation: China
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At a pivotal moment in modern history, R. J. Saywell's World in Transformation: China presents a lucid and authoritative account of one of the twentieth century's most dramatic national reconfigurations — the rise of Communist China and its seismic impact on global politics, society, and culture. The work chronicles the sweeping ideological, economic, and social forces that reshaped an ancient civilisation into a modern revolutionary state, guiding the reader through the turbulent decades of Maoist governance, agrarian reform, and China's emergence as a major world power. Written with the analytical precision characteristic of mid-century political scholarship, Saywell argues that China's transformation cannot be understood in isolation — it is inseparable from the broader currents of Cold War geopolitics, anti-colonial nationalism, and the clash between Eastern tradition and Western modernity. Part of the World in Transformation series, the volume is designed to instruct and inform readers seeking a concise yet substantive introduction to modern Chinese history. For anyone curious about how a civilisation of millennia reinvented itself in the span of a generation, this work poses a question that still resonates today: was China's revolution an achievement, a tragedy, or both?
Author: R. J. Saywell
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At a pivotal moment in modern history, R. J. Saywell's World in Transformation: China presents a lucid and authoritative account of one of the twentieth century's most dramatic national reconfigurations — the rise of Communist China and its seismic impact on global politics, society, and culture. The work chronicles the sweeping ideological, economic, and social forces that reshaped an ancient civilisation into a modern revolutionary state, guiding the reader through the turbulent decades of Maoist governance, agrarian reform, and China's emergence as a major world power. Written with the analytical precision characteristic of mid-century political scholarship, Saywell argues that China's transformation cannot be understood in isolation — it is inseparable from the broader currents of Cold War geopolitics, anti-colonial nationalism, and the clash between Eastern tradition and Western modernity. Part of the World in Transformation series, the volume is designed to instruct and inform readers seeking a concise yet substantive introduction to modern Chinese history. For anyone curious about how a civilisation of millennia reinvented itself in the span of a generation, this work poses a question that still resonates today: was China's revolution an achievement, a tragedy, or both?