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"[A] masterful account of China's long and turbulent quest for modernity".
-- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
-- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"The best one-volume account of what has happened in China, and to China, during the past two centuries".
-- "Times Literary Supplement" (London)
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A masterful account of China's long and turbulent quest for modernity."-- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.A"A fresh and significant work of synthesis: it is filled with bold generalizations, amusing and poignant juxtapositions, and the constant surprises of watching a senior scholar who knows all his sources but refuses to be type-cast."-- Johathan Spence"The best one-volume account of what has happened in China, and to China, during the past two decades."-- "Times Literary Supplement"'If I could not go to China with John King Fairbank, I would want to take along his new book, The Great Chinese Revolution, as the next best thing. this is an engrossing history written by a man who loves china and loves to write about it.-- Sol M. Linowitz
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John K. Fairbank and his wife, Wilma Fairbank, got their first impressions of Chinese life by living in Peking for four years in the early 1930s. In 1936 he began to develop instruction and research on Modern China at Harvard University. During World War II he spent the five years 1941 to 1946 in Washington and in China in government service. After he resumed teaching, his first book, The United States and China, in 1948 reflected his impressions of the revolutionary ferment among the Chinese people. (The fourth edition of this book, revised and updated, was published by Harvard University Press in 1983.)
Professor Fairbank was one of the small number of Americans whose pioneer work in Modern Chinese History gave necessary shape to the field. Surveys and more specialized courses of lectures, syllabi and bibliographies for use in research seminars, conferences on major topics leading to publication of symposia, all contributed to M.A. and Ph.D. training that launched many of today's professors of Chinese history on their careers.
This development also involved the organization of national committees and conferences to meet the many problems of Chinese studies in America. Professor Fairbank has been president of the Association for Asian Studies and of the American Historical Association and has received numerous honorary degrees. He and his wife live according to the season in New Hampshire and in Cambridge, Mass.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0701132701
- ISBN 13 9780701132705
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages416
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine badly faded, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 397pp. This book examines the transformation of Imperial China to Communist China, discusses the social and cultural changes that have occurred, and looks at late 20th century economic development in China. John King Fairbank (1907-91), was an American historian of China and United States / China relations. He taught at Harvard University from 1936 until his retirement in 1977, and is credited with building the field of China studies in the United States after World War II with his organizational ability, his mentorship of students, support of fellow scholars, and formulation of basic concepts to be tested. The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard is named after him. Quite a scarce book. Seller Inventory # 011550
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