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The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850-2008. by Jonathan Fenby
The Penguin History of Modern China The Fall and Rise of a Great Power 18502008 by Jonathan Fenby
Author: Jonathan Fenby
In the second half of the 19th century, China appeared as the sick man of Asia, rocked by recurrent revolts and huge natural disasters, ruled by an anachronistic imperial system and humiliated by foreign invasions. Karl Marx saw it as bound to disintegrate, like 'any mummy carefully preserved in a hermetically sealed coffin'. The first half of t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780713998320
ISBN-10: 0713998326
Pages: 762
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Publisher: Allen Lane
Book Type: Hardcover
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