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The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China Hardcover – 23 Jun 2016

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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (23 Jun. 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0199683751
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199683758
  • Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 2.3 x 19.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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an excellent introduction to the history of modern China for the general reader and student alike ... The illustrations are excellent and help to bring the text to life with further colour (in both senses of the word) and detail. I am sure it will prove popular with students and the general public alike. (Tim Chamberlain, LSE Review of Books)

the best place to start for those who wish to get a handle on modern China. (Asian Review of Books)

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, and Editor of the Journal of Asian Studies. He has edited a number of books on China and is the author of four: Student Protests in Twentieth Century China: The View from Shanghai (1991), China's Brave New World-And Other Tales for Global Times (2007), Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 (2009), and China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (2010; new ed. 2013), the last of which was also published by Oxford University Press. A co-founder of and contributing editor to the influential China Beat blog (2008-2012), he is a regular contributor to the press, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he co-edits the Asia section of the Los AngelesReview of Books. A member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, he has been traveling to China regularly since the 1980s.

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4.0 out of 5 starsChina's immediate past, relatively speaking
By Hande Z TOP 500 REVIEWER on 17 July 2016
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The history of China is long, dense, and amenable to endless commentary. With China a rising world power, it is necessary to understand a little about its history. Wasserstrom’s book provides a handy book about the history of modern China. By that title, he shaves off a great volume, and commences his modern China with the late Ming Dynasty. That is crucial because it provides the background to the Qing Dynasty – the last one in China. When did China become modern? That is controversial question. The reader will appreciate Wasserstrom’s starting point because it fills the context in which we can better understand the history of China’s nationalism, the Cultural Revolution, the reforms after Mao, leading to the Tiananmen protest and its aftermath.

The Wasserstrom history is lucid and compelling. There is never one history, one view of China. It is a massive dragon with many sides and presents itself differently in different times. What are its intentions and how should its neighbours react to it?

This may be a potted view of the dragon, but each of the essays that comprise this book is well written and analytical. The only thing lacking from this book is an introduction to the various contributors. They are only described on the book jacket as ‘leading specialists’. The illustrations are fascinating and from prints not commonly found.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! 24 Oct. 2016
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Great book on China, many insightful contributions from several China hands.
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1.0 out of 5 stars I wish someone had reviewed the book before it is ... 16 Sept. 2016
By Bill Stones - Published on Amazon.com
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I wish someone had reviewed the book before it is published. I won't read a book on the history
of China that can't get the basics right, e.g., Yongle emperor is the son of the Hongwu emperor,
(who founded the Ming dynasty), not his grandson, as claimed in the book (at least in the
Kindle version).
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