Modern Chinese History: Revised and Expanded Second Edition (Key Issues in Asian Studies)

Kenley, David

ISBN 10: 0924304901 / ISBN 13: 9780924304903

Published by Association for Asian Studies, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern Chinese History: Revised and Expanded Second Edition (Key Issues in Asian Studies)
• Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0924304901
• ISBN 13: 9780924304903
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The second edition of Modern Chinese History provides a concise narrative of Chinese history from the period 1644 to the present. Organized around the twin themes of Chinese cosmopolitanism and exceptionalism, it can easily supplement any history, international studies, cultural studies, or Asian studies course. It can also provide valuable background information necessary to understand contemporary Chinese politics, society, and economics. General readers wanting quickly to understand the collapse of the imperial system, the rise of Communism, and the role of China in our contemporary world will welcome this eminently readable text.

About the Author

DAVID KENLEY is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Dakota State University. Formerly Professor of Chinese History at Elizabethtown College, he is committed to the concept of the scholar-teacher. Kenley’s research interests focus on Chinese migration. His publications include New Culture in a New World: The May Fourth Movement and the Chinese Diaspora, 1919–1932 as well as Contested Community: Identities, Spaces, and Hierarchies of the Chinese in the Cuban Republic (with Miriam Herrera Jerez and Mario Castillo Santana). Currently he is researching Western peacemaking activities in early twentieth-century China.