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The Wobbling Pivot, China Since 1800 - Crossley, Pamela Kyle
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This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities.
Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonioussociety based on principles of stability - the UnwobblingPivot of Ezra Pound s translation of the Chinese classic Zhongyong Provides an original interpretation, arguing that developmentscan be explained through an understanding of China'ssurprising swings between centralization and decentralization,between local initiative and central authoritarianism Serves…mehr

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This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities.

Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonioussociety based on principles of stability - the UnwobblingPivot of Ezra Pound s translation of the Chinese classic Zhongyong
Provides an original interpretation, arguing that developmentscan be explained through an understanding of China'ssurprising swings between centralization and decentralization,between local initiative and central authoritarianism
Serves as an introduction to the subject, while readers with abackground in Chinese history will find the book offers a personalperspective and addresses long-standing interpretive issues
Supported by a variety of timelines, maps, illustrations, andextensive notes for further reading
Places China's history within the context of globalchange
Autorenporträt
Pamela Kyle Crossley is Professor of Inner Asian, East Asian Intellectual and Chinese History at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Her publications include The Manchus (Blackwell, 1997); A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Ideology (1999); and What is Global History? (2008). She is a past Guggenheim Fellow and was awarded the Levenson Prize from the Association for Asian Studies in 2001.
Rezensionen
"[A] lively survey ... .It sheds considerable light on contemporary Chinese dilemmas." -- Shanghaiist, December 2010
"Finding a fresh angle to a familiar story is a challenge, one that this book has dealt with creatively and convincingly." (English Historical Review, 1 June 2014

"As a textbook, The Wobbling Pivot is accessible, complete and readable, and as a synthesis of twentieth century Chinese history, it is both original and provocative, and a valuable introduction to the perennial issues that China poses in the undergraduate classroom." (The China Quarterly, 1 September 2012) "[A] lively survey ... .It sheds considerable light on contemporary Chinese dilemmas." (Shanghaiist, December 2010)