China's Rise in Historical Perspective (eBook)

Brantly Womack (Herausgeber)

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2010
272 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7425-6723-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This innovative text combines an understanding of the history of China's rise with analyses of its current challenges. Renowned historians, economists, and political scientists explore the internal dynamic of China's rise since traditional times through the key themes of China's identity, security, economy, environment, energy, and politics. Each themed section pairs a historian with a social scientist to give an overall view of where China is coming from and where it is heading. One of the PRC's best-known experts on international relations concludes by reflecting on the political psychology of China's view of itself in the world. Written in clear and accessible style, this nuanced book will be essential reading for all readers interested in China past and present and its growing global role.

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China, with its geographical, historical, cultural, and political distance from the West, long has been a black box upon which we readily paste labelscommunist, non-Western, developing countrybut whose internal logic remains a mystery to us. Arguing that it would be a major step forward in our genuine knowledge of China if we understood its internal dynamic, this innovative book considers China from a historical perspective to chart its current dynamic and future direction. Renowned historians, economists, and political scientists explore the internal dynamic of Chinas rise since traditional times through the key themes of Chinas identity, security, economy, environment, energy, and politics. Each themed section pairs a historian with a social scientist to give an overall view of where China is coming from and where it is heading. One of the PRCs best-known experts on international relations provides a concluding reflection on the political psychology of Chinas view of itself in the world.Although a China-centered perspective does not yield clear, absolute truths about Chinas rise, focusing on change in the PRC from pre-modern times to the present allows us to distinguish between Chinas own dynamic and its relative change of position vis--vis other actors, including ourselves. Written in clear and accessible style, this nuanced book will be essential reading for all readers interested in China past and present and its growing global role.Contributions by: Lowell Dittmer, Erica S. Downs, Mark Elvin, Joseph W. Esherick, Joseph Fewsmith, Barry Naughton, Dwight H. Perkins, Qin Yaqing, Evelyn S. Rawski, R. Keith Schoppa, Michael D. Swaine, and Brantly Womack.

Autor

Brantly Womack is Cumming Memorial Professor of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Inhalt

IntroductionBrantly WomackPart I: China and the World Order: Dilemmas of IdentityChapter 1: China and the World: From Tribute to Treaties to Popular NationalismJoseph W. EsherickChapter 2: On China's RiseLowell DittmerPart II: Challenges of Strategy and SecurityChapter 3: Chinese Strategy and Security Issues in Historical PerspectiveEvelyn S. RawskiChapter 4: China's Strategy and Security in the Post–Cold War EraMichael D. SwainePart III: China's Economic TrajectoryChapter 5: China's Prereform Economy in World PerspectiveDwight H. PerkinsChapter 6: The Dynamics of China's Reform-Era EconomyBarry NaughtonPart IV: China's Ecological and Resource InteractionChapter 7: The Environmental Impasse in Late Imperial ChinaMark ElvinChapter 8: China's Energy RiseErica S. DownsPart V: Political Creativity and Political DevelopmentChapter 9: The Political Creativity of Late Imperial ChinaR. Keith SchoppaChapter 10: Political Creativity and Political Reform in China?Joseph FewsmithPart VI: Concluding ReflectionsChapter 11: Struggle for Identity: A Political Psychology of China's RiseQin Yaqing

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.7.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • China Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-7425-6723-0 / 0742567230
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-6723-8 / 9780742567238