{"product_id":"china-after-mao-the-rise-of-a-superpower-paperback","title":"China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Dikter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An important corrective to the conventional view of China's rise.\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom internationally renowned historian Frank Dikter, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewinner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e a myth--shattering history of China from the death of Chairman Mao\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eto Xi Jinping.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through decades of direct experience of the People's Republic combined with extraordinary access to hundreds of hitherto unseen documents in communist party archives, the author of The People's Trilogy offers a riveting account of China's rise from the disaster of the Cultural Revolution. He takes us inside the country's unprecedented four-decade economic transformation--from rural villages to industrial metropoles and elite party conclaves--that vaulted the nation from 126th -largest economy in the world to second -largest. A historian at the pinnacle of his field, Dikter challenges much of what we think we know about how this happened. Casting aside the image of a society marching unwaveringly toward growth, in lockstep to the beat of the party drum, he recounts instead a fascinating tale of contradictions, illusions, and palace intrigue, of disasters narrowly averted, shadow banking, anti-corruption purges, and extreme state wealth existing alongside everyday poverty. He examines China's navigation of the 2008 financial crash, its increasing hostility towards perceived Western interference, and its development into a thoroughly entrenched dictatorship with a sprawling security apparatus and the most sophisticated surveillance system in the world. As this magisterial book makes clear, the communist party's goal was never to join the democratic world, but to resist it--and ultimately defeat it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Dikter\u003c\/b\u003e is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His books have changed the way historians view China, from the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Discourse of Race in Modern China\u003c\/i\u003e to his award-winning People's Trilogy documenting the lives of ordinary people under Mao. He lives in Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765132198176,"sku":"9781639732852","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/425c9008a89b7de170d168b4b755c610.webp?v=1780262537","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/china-after-mao-the-rise-of-a-superpower-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}