{"product_id":"2026200018673-secondhand-20th-century-china","title":"20Th Century China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the twilight of the Qing Dynasty to the turbulent rise of the People's Republic, 20th Century China presents one of the most sweeping and authoritative accounts of modern Chinese history ever committed to print. O. Edmund Clubb — a seasoned American diplomat who served in China and witnessed pivotal moments firsthand — chronicles the dramatic transformation of a civilization, tracing the collapse of imperial rule, the brutal years of warlordism, Japanese invasion, civil war, and the ultimate triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist Party with the precision of a trained observer and the narrative power of a gifted historian.\n\nClubb's singular vantage point as both a participant in and a scholar of twentieth-century Sino-American relations lends 20th Century China an authority that purely academic works rarely achieve. His prose is measured yet incisive, cutting through ideological noise to present a clear-eyed analysis of the forces — nationalist, revolutionary, imperial, and geopolitical — that shaped a nation of hundreds of millions. Richly detailed and meticulously researched, this second edition remains an indispensable text for anyone seeking to understand how China emerged from centuries of dynastic rule to become one of the defining powers of the modern world — and what that transformation truly cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572649169115,"sku":"2026200018673-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/472e7761-376d-41ac-8ad1-d7b30a38a0a6.png?v=1791167112","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018673-secondhand-20th-century-china","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}