The age of openness : China before Mao / Fank Dikötter
- Bib ID:
- 4587140
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dikötter, Frank
- Description:
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008
- 131 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780520258815
- Summary:
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"The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. But in this engagingly written book, Frank Dikotter instead shows that the first half of the twentieth century was characterized by unprecedented openness. He argues that from 1900 to 1949, all levels of Chinese society were seeking engagement with the rest of the world and that pursuit of openness was particularly evident in four areas: governance, including advances in liberties and the rule of law; greater freedom of movement within the country and outside it; the spirited exchange of ideas in the humanities and sciences; and thriving and open markets and the resulting sustained growth in China's economy.
Accessible to general readers and full of valuable insights for specialists, China before Mao presents a fresh way of approaching the country's modern history and shows that in politics, society, culture, and the economy, China was at its most diverse on the eve of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
- Incomplete contents:
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- Introduction
- Open governance
- Open borders
- Open minds
- Open markets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- China -- History -- 20th century
- Also Titled:
- China before Mao
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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