"Politik." . . "Since 1900" . . "Zhong guo shi." . . "中國史." . "中國史" . "20th Century" . . "anno 2000-2009" . . "Economic history." . . "Chine" . . "International Relations" . . "Economische politiek." . . "Historische Persönlichkeit." . . "Xian dai shi." . . "現代史." . "現代史" . "China" . . "Geestesgeschiedenis." . . . . . . . "Wealth and power : china's long march to the twenty-first century" . . "從慈禧開始的長征" . . . "Wealth and power" . . . "富强之路 : 从慈禧开始的长征" . . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . "从慈禧开始的长征" . . . . . . . "By now everyone knows the basic facts of China's rise to pre-eminence over the past three decades. But how did this erstwhile sleeping giant finally manage to arrive at its current phase of dynamic growth? How, after such a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval and revolution, foreign occupation and civil war, did a country once derided as the 'sick man of Asia' manage to break out of its old pattern of repeatedly failed reform efforts to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth creation? How did the century-long succession of failures to change somehow culminate in the extraordinary dynamism of China today? By examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists, and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China, Wealth and Power addresses these questions."@en . . . "Electronic books" . . . . "\"Through a series of ... 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?\"--Book jacket." . . "\"Through a series of ... 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?\"--Jacket."@en . . . "富強之路 : 從慈禧開始的長征" . . "Wealth and power China's long march to the twenty-first century" . . . "China's long march to the twenty-first century" . . . "Fu qiang zhi lu : cong ci xi kai shi de chang zheng" . . . "Cong Cixi kai shi de chang zheng" . . . . "Cong ci xi kai shi de chang zheng" . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . "Fu qiang zhi lu : cong Cixi kai shi de chang zheng" . . "\"Through a series of ... 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?\"--Dust jacket flap." . . . . . . . "Wealth and power : China's long march to the twenty-first century"@en . . "Wealth and power : China's long march to the twenty-first century" . . . "Nationalisme." . . "anno 1800-1999" . . "Politics and government" . . "Politics and government." . "1900 - 2099" . . "Wirtschaftsentwicklung." . . "Geschiedenis van Azië." . . . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Geschichte 1960-2010." . . "China." . . "China" .