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China in Revolution

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This book traces the intellectual evolution of one important China scholar from the 1970s to the present, introducing some of the big issues that have dominated and continue to dominate the field to the present day. Joseph Esherick provides a nuanced historical perspective and conceptual toolkit for analyzing the important issues of modern China.
Joseph W. Esherick is professor emeritus of modern Chinese history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the holder of the Hwei-chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies. His books include Modern China: The Story of a Revolution, co-authored with Orville Schell; Lost Chance in China: The World War II Despatches of John S. Service; Reform and Revolution in China: The 1911 Revolution in Hunan and Hubei; and The Origins of the Boxer Uprising. His awards include the John K. Fairbank Prize from the American Historical Association, the Joseph Levenson Book Prize from the Association for Asian Studies, and the 1989 Berkeley Prize from the University of California Press.
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