Bibliograph

The Chinese century, a photographic history of the last hundred years, Jonathan D. Spence & Annping Chin ; photographs researched by the authors, Colin Jacobson and Annabel Merullo

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The Chinese century, a photographic history of the last hundred years, Jonathan D. Spence & Annping Chin ; photographs researched by the authors, Colin Jacobson and Annabel Merullo

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Chinese century

Responsibility statement

Jonathan D. Spence & Annping Chin ; photographs researched by the authors, Colin Jacobson and Annabel Merullo

Sub title

a photographic history of the last hundred years

Summary

The history of China in photographs, including "rare photos of the Boxer Rebellion and the Rape of Nanking, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

End of empire, 1894-1906 -- A fragile constitution, 1907-1917 -- Away with the old, 1917-1924 -- Alliance and purge, 1925-1928 -- Rule of the Guomindang, 1928-1936 -- War with Japan, 1937-1941 -- World War and Civil War, 1942-1949 -- A Communist state, 1949-1957 -- Great leap, great famine, 1958-1965 -- Cultural revolution, 1966-1976 -- The post-Mao world, 1976-1986 -- Pressures of the new, 1987-1996

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