{"product_id":"the-great-transformation-chinas-road-from-revolution-to-reform-hardcover","title":"The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to Reform - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOdd Arne Westad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChen Jian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Great Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the multiple paths, ideas and possibilities that have shaped, and continue to shape, China's present.\"--Julia Lovell, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished and terrorized China experienced radical political changes in the long 1970s and how ordinary people broke free from the beliefs that had shaped their lives during Mao's Cultural Revolution. These changes, and the unprecedented and sustained economic growth that followed, transformed China and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this rigorous account, Westad and Chen construct a panorama of catastrophe and progress in China. They chronicle China's gradual opening to the world--the interplay of power in an era of aged and ailing leadership, the people's rebellion against the earlier government system, and the roles of unlikely characters: overseas Chinese capitalists, American engineers, Japanese professors, and German designers. This is a story of revolutionary change that neither foreigners nor the Chinese themselves could have predicted.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOdd Arne Westad\u003c\/b\u003e is the Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Bancroft Prize, and \u003ci\u003eRestless Empire: China and the World since 1750\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New Haven, CT. \u003cb\u003eChen Jian\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Global Network Professor of History at NYU and NYU Shanghai and Hu Shih Professor of History Emeritus at Cornell University. His books include \u003ci\u003eChina's Road to the Korean War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMao's China and the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZhou Enlai: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Ithaca, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978245407021,"sku":"9780300267082","price":35.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/AuxKV0sUPC9780300267082.webp?v=1775801239","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-great-transformation-chinas-road-from-revolution-to-reform-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}