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China after Mao : The rise of a superpower
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ISBN: 9781639730513 9781639730520 1639730516 Year: 2022 Publisher: New York Bloomsbury

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"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, Dikötter 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"--


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China After Mao : The Rise of a Superpower
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ISBN: 9781526634283 Year: 2022 Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing

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From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling account of China in the wake of Chairman Mao In China After Mao, award-winning historian Frank Dikötter explores how the People's Republic of China was transformed from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today. His account is the first to be based on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, from the secret minutes of top party meetings to confidential bank reports. Unfolding with great narrative sweep, this riveting, richly detailed chronicle recasts our understanding of an era that both the regime and foreign admirers celebrate as an economic miracle. In charting four decades of so-called 'Reform and Opening Up' and China's emergence as a world power, Dikötter tells a fascinating tale of contradictions and illusions, of shadow banking, anti-corruption drives and extreme state wealth standing alongside everyday poverty. He examines China's approach to the 2008 financial crash, the country's increasing hostility towards perceived Western interference and its development into a thoroughly entrenched dictatorship - one equipped with a sprawling security apparatus and the most sophisticated surveillance system in the world. Ultimately, the book concludes, the communist party's goal was never to join the democratic sphere, but to resist it - and then defeat it.


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Comment devenir dictateur : le culte de la personnalité aux XXe siècle
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ISBN: 9791037507211 Year: 2022 Publisher: Arles: Les Arènes,

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Le culte de la personnalité chez les dictateurs a longtemps été considéré comme une dérive mégalomaniaque empreinte de folie et de paranoïa. Pour l'historien Frank Dikötter, la mise en scène de sa propre personne est au contraire indispensable au maintien d'un tyran au pouvoir. Si la terreur et la répression permettent la mise au pas d'un pays, il est nécessaire de contrôler les esprits et de rendre impossible toute rébellion. À travers de nombreux exemples, il décrypte comment huit dictateurs du XXe siècle ont su créer l'illusion d'un soutien populaire et ont réussi à entraîner tout un peuple dans leur folie destructrice.

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China na Mao : de opkomst van een supermacht
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ISBN: 9789000376889 9789000376896 Year: 2022 Publisher: Amsterdam Unieboek/Het Spectrum bv

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BPB2211 --- economisch beleid --- China --- moderne geschiedenis --- communistische partij --- autoritair stelsel --- regime autoritario --- autoritært styre --- avtoritarni režim --- autoritārais režīms --- autoritatívny režim --- régime autoritaire --- regim autoritar --- reġim awtoritarju --- authoritarian regime --- autoritativní režim --- regjim autoritar --- autoritäres Regime --- réimeas forlámhach --- autoritarinis režimas --- авторитарен режим --- autoritaarinen hallintojärjestelmä --- system autorytarny --- autoritárius rendszer --- autoritaarne režiim --- αυταρχικό καθεστώς --- auktoritärt styre --- ауторитарни режим --- autoritarni režim --- regime autoritário --- régimen autoritario --- totalitárius rendszer --- totalitarismus --- тоталитаризам --- totalitarinis režimas --- totalitarizëm --- totalitarizmas --- totalitarismi --- regjim totalitar --- totalitært styre --- ολοκληρωτικό καθεστώς --- Totalitarismus --- тоталитарен режим --- totalitär regim --- totalitarism --- totalitārisms --- ολοκληρωτισμός --- regime totalitário --- totalitarianism --- totalitair regime --- totalitaarinen hallintojärjestelmä --- totalitní režim --- totalitarni režim --- totalitarizmus --- régimen totalitario --- totalitarian regime --- totalitært regime --- totalitarisme --- totalita --- totalitaarne režiim --- totalitný režim --- totalitarizam --- tekintélyuralmi rendszer --- totalitäres Regime --- totalitní systém --- régime totalitaire --- totalitaarrežiim --- totalitarismo --- regime totalitario --- totalitný systém --- komunistická strana --- partia komunistyczna --- Partia Komuniste --- parti communiste --- Communist Party --- kommunistiskt parti --- kommunista párt --- partito comunista --- комунистичка партија --- комунистичка странка --- комунистическа партия --- kommunistisk parti --- kommunistische Partei --- komunistiskā partija --- partid comunist --- komunistička stranka --- Partit Komunista --- kommunistlik partei --- páirtí cumannach --- komunistična stranka --- κομμουνιστικό κόμμα --- partido comunista --- kommunistinen puolue --- komunistų partija --- KSSS --- Magyar Kommunista Párt --- Deutsche Kommunistische Partei --- marxistická strana --- DKP --- KSS --- moderne historie --- jaunāko laiku vēsture --- modern history --- modern historia --- naujųjų amžių istorija --- модерна история --- histoire moderne --- uuden ajan historia --- istorie modernă --- storia moderna --- histori moderne --- νεώτερη ιστορία --- Geschichte der Neuzeit --- historia moderna --- storja moderna --- povijest novoga vijeka --- an nua-stair --- historia nowożytna --- újkortörténet --- moderné dejiny --- модерна историја --- História Moderna --- novejša zgodovina --- uusaja ajalugu --- novější historie --- uusi aika --- историја на новиот век --- modern kor --- età moderna --- uusaeg --- epoka moderne --- Idade Moderna --- νεώτερη εποχή --- moderna tiden --- модерна ера --- súčasná éra --- доцен модерен период --- ран модерен период --- модерна епоха --- moderne tijd --- neuzeitliche Epoche --- moderne tidsalder --- âge moderne --- újkor --- Edad Moderna --- naujoji era --- modern era --- νεώτερα χρόνια --- époque moderne --- moderna povijest --- Kitajska --- Kína --- Hiina --- Čína --- An tSín --- Кина --- Kiina --- Chine --- Kina --- Ķīna --- Cina --- Китай --- Chiny --- Κίνα --- Kinija --- iċ-Ċina --- Repubblica popolare cinese --- República Popular da China --- Čínská lidová republika --- Ķīnas Tautas Republika --- Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- République populaire de Chine --- ČLR --- Народна република Китай --- Народна Република Кина --- Hiina Rahvavabariik --- Folkerepublikken Kina --- ir-Repubblika Popolari taċ-Ċina --- Republika Popullore e Kinës --- Volksrepubliek China --- НР Кина --- die Volksrepublik China --- Ljudska republika Kitajska --- Čínska ľudová republika --- Kinijos Liaudies Respublika --- Folkrepubliken Kina --- Chińska Republika Ludowa --- Republica Populară Chineză --- Narodna Republika Kina --- Kiinan kansantasavalta --- People’s Republic of China --- República Popular China --- politika ekonomike --- økonomisk politik --- majanduspoliitika --- hospodárska politika --- hospodářská politika --- política económica --- икономическа политика --- polityka gospodarcza --- ekonomikas politika --- ekonomisk politik --- Wirtschaftspolitik --- gazdaságpolitika --- talouspolitiikka --- οικονομική πολιτική --- beartas eacnamaíoch --- politică economică --- politica economica --- politika ekonomika --- economic policy --- ekonomska politika --- економска политика --- ekonominė politika --- politique économique --- wirtschaftspolitische Leitlinien --- ekonomisk inriktning --- hospodářské rozhodování --- escolha económica --- opzione economica --- gazdaságpolitikai elképzelések --- ekonomický prístup --- gestión económica --- gazdasági megközelítés --- orientamento economico --- taloudellinen lähestymistapa --- majanduslik lähenemisviis --- ekonomisk kurs --- gazdaságpolitikai döntés --- економски пристап --- ekonomiskt val --- obiettivo economico --- economische keuze --- opțiune economică --- Globalsteuerung der Wirtschaft --- qasje ekonomike --- wirtschaftspolitische Entscheidung --- gazdaságpolitikai iránymutatás --- choix économique --- orientation économique --- ekonominis pasirinkimas --- decisione economica --- orientação económica --- ekonomiskā izvēle --- økonomisk kurs --- ekonomický přístup --- стопанска политика --- økonomisk valg --- opción económica --- ekonomická volba --- ekonomiskā pieeja --- wirtschaftliche Zielvorstellungen --- οικονομική επιλογή --- obiectiv economic --- ekonomická politika --- economische koers --- metody řízení národního hospodářství --- ekonomická voľba --- ekonomski pristup --- taloudellinen valinta --- majanduslik valik --- zgjedhje ekonomike --- scelta economica --- economic approach --- οικονομικός προσανατολισμός --- ekonominis požiūris --- gospodarska politika --- economic choice --- 924 --- China geschiedenis --- geschiedenis Azië --- Internal politics --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- History of Asia --- internationale handel --- geschiedenis --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2099

China Inside Out
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ISBN: 9786155053962 6155053960 2821815034 1281268763 9786611268763 1423718208 9781423718208 9781281268761 9789639241954 9639241954 9789637326141 9637326146 9782821815032 6611268766 Year: 2022 Publisher: Budapest New York

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The "war on terror" has generated a scramble for expertise on Islamic or Asian "culture" and revived support for area studies, but it has done so at the cost of reviving the kinds of dangerous generalizations that area studies have rightly been accused of. This book provides a much-needed perspective on area studies, a perspective that is attentive to both manifestations of "traditional culture" and the new global relationships in which they are being played out. The authors shake off the shackles of the orientalist legacy but retain a close reading of local processes. They challenge the boundaries of China and question its study from different perspectives, but believe that area studies have a role to play if their geographies are studied according to certain common problems.In the case of China, the book shows the diverse array of critical but solidly grounded research approaches that can be used in studying a society. Its approach neither trivializes nor dismisses the elusive effects of culture, and it pays attention to both the state and the multiplicity of voices that challenge it.

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