{"product_id":"twentieth-century-china-a-history-in-documents-pages-from-history","title":"Twentieth Century China: A History in Documents (Pages from History)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twentieth century was a time of great change in Chinas government  economy  culture  and everyday life. Twentieth Century China  Second Edition  chronicles this period of revolutions and uprisings with the words and images of the participants. This is the story of the people--leaders and followers--whose decisions propelled modern Chinese history in erratic directions. Using a wide variety of primary sources  including official reports and public statements  articles  political posters  cartoons  poetry  songs  and advertisements  R. Keith Schoppa paints a picture of a society undergoing drastic changes  both social and political. Mao Zedongs personal physician recalls the phenomenon of backyard steel furnaces and the changes they brought to the Chinese landscape during Maos Great Leap Forward; a poem written in 1979 expresses anger toward a general who destroyed a kindergarten to build a mansion on its site; and the box from the Chinese version of Monopoly  introduced in 1987  playfully illustrates the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin.  This second edition of Twentieth Century China also includes an updated introduction with a note on sources and interpretation  thirty-seven new sidebars  twelve new photographs  and updated further reading and websites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964386439221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199732000","price":29.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199732005.jpg?v=1770459371","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/twentieth-century-china-a-history-in-documents-pages-from-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}