Deng Xiaoping And the Making of Modern China by Richard Evans

Deng Xiaoping And the Making of Modern China by Richard Evans

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A biography of the Chinese leader, Deng Xiaoping, which examines his life in the context of the events of Chinese history: the ascent of communism, the Long March, the Japanese invasion, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen Square.

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Deng Xiaoping And the Making of Modern China by Richard Evans

Credited as the architect that brought the Chinese economy into the global market, Deng Xiaoping is considered one of China's greatest leaders. From his peasant upbringing, to his political rise in Bejing, this complete biography gives a rare look inside the private life of the celebrated politician.
Richard Evans is the Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His books include Death in Hamburg (winner of the Wolfson Literary Award for History), In Hitler's ShadowRituals of Retribution (winner of the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History), In Defense of HistoryLying About Hitler, and The Coming of the Third Reich.
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ISBN 13 9780140139457
ISBN 10 0140139451
Title Deng Xiaoping And the Making of Modern China
Author Richard Evans
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1995-01-26
Number of pages 384
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