Описание: Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth creation--culminating in the extraordinary dynamism of China today? Wealth and Power answers this question by examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists, and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China. This fascinating survey begins in the lead-up to the first Opium War with Wei Yuan, the nineteenth-century scholar and reformer who was one of the first to urge China to borrow ideas from the West. It concludes in our time with human-rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, an outspoken opponent of single-party rule. Along the way, we meet such titans of Chinese history as the Empress Dowager Cixi, public intellectuals Feng Guifen, Liang Qichao, and Chen Duxiu, Nationalist stalwarts Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, and Communist Party leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhu Rongji. The common goal that unites all of these disparate figures is their determined pursuit of fuqiang, "wealth and power." This abiding quest for a restoration of national greatness in the face of a "century of humiliation" at the hands of the Great Powers came to define the modern Chinese character. It's what drove both Mao and Deng to embark on root-and-branch transformations of Chinese society, first by means of Marxism-Leninism, then by authoritarian capitalism. And this determined quest remains the key to understanding many of China's actions today. By unwrapping the intellectual antecedents of today's resurgent China, Orville Schell and John Delury supply much-needed insight into the country's tortured progression from nineteenth-century decline to twenty-first-century boom. By looking backward into the past to understand forces at work for hundreds of years, they help us understand China today and the future that this singular country is helping shape for all of us. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
"Superb . . . beautifully written and neatly structured."--Financial Times " An] engaging narrative of the intellectual and cultural origins of China's modern rise."--The New York Times Book Review "Informative and insightful . . . a must-read for anyone with an interest in the world's fastest-rising superpower."--Slate "It does a better job than most other books of answering a basic question the rest of the world naturally asks about China's recent rise: What does China want?"--The Atlantic "The portraits are beautifully written and bring to life not only their subjects but also the mood and intellectual debates of the times in which they lived."--Foreign Affairs "Excellent and erudite . . . The authors] combine scholarly learning with a reportorial appreciation of colorful, revealing details."--The National InterestFrom the Hardcover edition.
Автор: Schell, Orville Название: My Old Home ISBN: 0593315812 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593315811 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2754.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A uniquely experienced observer of China gives us a novel that recounts the familiar but still mesmerizing events from the rise of Mao Zedong to the Tiananmen Square uprising, and the impact of that history on one father and his son. It is 1950, and Li Tongshu is one of the few Chinese citizens to have graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Engaged to Vivian Knight, a Chinese American violinist, Tongshu is drawn by Mao's promise "to build a new China" and by the enthusiasm so many other Chinese artists and scientists living abroad have expressed at that prospect. The odds of Tongshu ever having a successful career as a performer in the United States are small, and so when the new president of the recently established Central Conservatory of Music in China offers him a teaching position, he leaves San Francisco and returns home with his new wife. But now Tongshu is forced to contend with the erratic and unexpected shifts of a government determined to control the beliefs and convictions of its citizens, with suspicion of the Western culture that educated him, and with the ways in which his son, Little Li, becomes caught up in the maelstrom of political and ideological upheaval that not only threatens to destroy his family but will also ultimately destroy the essential fabric of Chinese society.
Автор: Bond Jeff Название: World of The Orville ISBN: 1785657615 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785657610 Издательство: Titan books ltd. Рейтинг: Цена: 4651.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Art and Making of The Orville takes readers behind the scenes of the new optimistic Sci-Fi series, and into the depths of the galaxy in the year 2417 AD. Following the dysfunctional crew, captained by MacFarlane's Ed Mercer, the series is an action packed comedy-drama. Charting the development of one of the most anticipated TV shows of the year, it's full of fascinating concept art, set designs, and behind-the-scenes photography.
Автор: Zhang, Liang Nathan, Andrew J. Link, Perry Schell, Название: Thе Tiananmen papers ISBN: 1586481223 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781586481223 Издательство: Ingram Цена: 5378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The headline-making book that exposed the inner workings of the Chinese government and the crackdown on Tiananmen Square
Автор: Taylor John Orville Название: Satirical Hits on the People`s Education. ISBN: 1275810675 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275810679 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Dewey Orville Название: Discourses on Various Subjects. ISBN: 1275642152 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275642157 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4104.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
