TY - DATA AU - Gittings,John ED - ebrary, Inc TI - The changing face of China: from Mao to market SN - 9780192807342 AV - DS777.55 U1 - 951.05 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford ;New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - China KW - Geschichte KW - Moderne N1 - Originally published: 2005; Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-357) and indexes; Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Introduction: The new 'New China'; 2. Search for Socialism: From Liberation to Utopia; 3. Mao Zedong versus the Party: From cult to Cultural Revolution; 4. The Rebel Alternative: From 1919 to the Red Guards; 5. Second Cultural Revolution: The abortive Great Debate; 6. Economics in Command: The modernization of China; 7. Peasant China Transformed: The rise of rural enterprise; 8. The Growth of Dissent: Poets and democracy; 9. The Party under Pressure: Reform and reaction; 10. The Scholars Speak Out: Humanism or Bourgeois Liberalism?11. The Door Opens Wide: China and the world economy; 12. Tiananmen Square, 1989: Turning-point for China 223; 13. Into the New Millennium: China transformed; 14. China and the World: From Mao to market; Notes; Chronology 1949-2004; China's Political Leaders; Select Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index; Online-Ausg; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2009; Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web N2 - Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by environmental catastrophe? In this highly readable account, John Gittings provides the essential information to help answer these vital questions for the world.In the 60 years since Mao Zedong took the road to victory, China has undergone not one but two revolutions. The first swept away the old corrupt society and sought to build a 'spotless' n UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/academiccompletetitles/home.action UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10271490 UR - http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=845914 UR - http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780192807342.pdf ER -