Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Ezra F. Vogel

Harvard University Press, Sep 26, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China’s boldest strategist—the pragmatic, disciplined force behind China’s radical economic, technological, and social transformation.

About the author

Vogel Ezra F. : Ezra F. Vogel is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard and former Director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and the Asia Center.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
• Author: Ezra F. Vogel
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0674062833, 9780674062832
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; History / Asia / China; History / Modern / 20th Century / General; Political Science / Political Process / General; Political Science / Political Process / Leadership; Political Science / Public Policy / General