Deng Xiaoping: A Political Biography

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Release Year
2014
ISBN
9781780768953
Book Title
Deng Xiaoping : the Man Who Made Modern China
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Length
9.4 in
Publication Year
2014
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Michael Dillon
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Presidents & Heads of State, Asia / China, Political, Public Policy / Economic Policy, World / Asian
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Width
6.4 in
Number of Pages
370 Pages

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1780768958
ISBN-13
9781780768953
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202703205

Product Key Features

Book Title
Deng Xiaoping : the Man Who Made Modern China
Number of Pages
370 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Presidents & Heads of State, Asia / China, Political, Public Policy / Economic Policy, World / Asian
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Michael Dillon
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-513348
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A well paced, and judicious account, well written and very easy to read. It's strength is in giving equal weight to the various phases of Deng's career, rather than focussing too much on the post 1978 period. It also captures something of the complexity and contradictoriness of Deng." - Kerry Brown, author of The New Emperors   "Through this fascinating and clearly written biography of Deng Xiaoping, Michael Dillon shows us how different Chinese power politics works from our economic and political world. Economic liberalisation that seems capitalist to the extreme, is combined with state interference and ideological conservatism. In this respect Xi Jinping can be seen as a straight continuation of Deng Xiaoping's reform agenda." - Barend Ter Haar, Run Run Shaw Professor of Chinese, University of Oxford.
Dewey Decimal
951.058092
Table Of Content
introduction Sichuan and France Red Army Days and the Long March With Liu Shaoqi in Government after 1949 Outcast in the Cultural Revolution Return from Limbo and Struggle for Reform after the Death of Mao Economic Progress and Political Stagnation Deng Xiaoping and the 1989 Democracy Movement Southern Tour of 1992 and the End of Obstacles to Economic Reform Retirement, Bridge Player and CCP 'Immoral'
Synopsis
One of the most important figures in global politics during the second half of the 20th century; Deng Xiaoping is generally considered the central figure behind China's economic liberalization programme that produced historically unprecedented growth rates and development beginning in the late 1970s. Lifting nearly a billion people out of poverty, Deng Xiaoping's 'Four Modernisations' called for reform in agriculture, industry, military, and science and technology. Today these reforms are considered to be the crucial turning point in modern Chinese history, enabling China to effectively harness its previously-latent power in its quest to become a global economic superpower. Just ten years after this tremendous achievement, Deng's brutal suppression of the democracy movement at Tiananmen Square severely undermined his international and domestic reputation. To explain the seeming contradictions between Deng Xiaoping's desire for economic liberalization and political conservatism, Michael Dillon's biography utilizes recently-released Chinese sources to detail Deng Xiaoping's emergence from a minority, second-class community in the Sichuan province, via education in France, to his meteoric rise to the top of the CCP's political hierarchy, illustrating the ways in which his life of struggle and survival shaped his political career. Dillon's biography addresses Xiaoping as both an intensely committed communist capable of playing a principal role in the Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 1961, while incurring the wrath of Mao only ten years later as he was exiled and purged during the Cultural Revolution. Emphasizing Deng Xiaoping's effectiveness as a party operator and political bruiser rather than an intellectual capable of formulating the reforms for which he eventually took credit, this book sheds light on Deng's ability to capitalize upon the planning expertise of other party members. This biography of the central figure in China's economic liberalization is essential for any reader interested in or affected by China's rise to global prominence.
LC Classification Number
DS778.D46

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