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Review: China: A New HistoryUser Review - Anh Le - GoodreadsThis book is excellent for those who have somewhat learned about Chinese history from other general introductory titles and sought to consolidate their understandings of these historical events. This ... Read full review Review: China: A New HistoryUser Review - Jordyne - GoodreadsTried several times but just can't get thru this book. I've been spoiled by the likes of Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough. Can't go back to dense, ultra academic, dry writing, no matter how thorough or interesting the points. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesadministration agriculture American areas army became began Beijing Buddhist bureaucracy California Press Cambridge capital central century cities civil classical Comintern Communist Confucian countryside Cultural Revolution Deng Deng Xiaoping dynasty early economic elite emperor foreign gentry growth Guangzhou Harvard Hong Hu Jintao industrial Inner Asia institutions intellectuals Japan Japanese Jiang Jieshi labor land Late Imperial leaders leadership Manchu Mao Zedong Mao’s ment merchants military million Ming Ming dynasty modern Mongol moral movement Nanjing Nationalist Neo-Confucianism nese North China officials organized party party-state party’s peasant People’s Republic percent political population post-Mao production provinces Qing rebellion Red Guards reforms regional ritual rule rulers rural scholars Shang Shanghai social Song Soviet Sun Yatsen Taiping Taiwan Tang tion trade treaty United urban village warlord Western Yan’an Yangzi Yuan Zhao Ziyang Zhou Zhou Enlai Zhu Xi Bibliographic information |