Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Paperback edition of this highly regarded biography of Deng Xiaoping and his impact on the modern world.

About the author

Ezra F. Vogel (1930-2020) is the author of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize, and of the international bestseller Japan as Number One. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University.

Summary

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist-the pragmatic, disciplined force behind China's radical economic, technological, and social transformation.

Product details

• Authors: Ezra F. Vogel, Vogel Ezra F.
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2013
• EAN: 9780674725867
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72586-7
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 40 mm
• Series: The Belknap Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; China, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Asiatische Geschichte, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)