Description: Few countries have experienced the radical transformations carried out in China over the past two hundred years. From Imperial rule to communism, from its first attempts at modernization to explorations with capitalism, the recent history of China reflects the most important social, philosophical and political changes of our times. Author and scholar John K. Fairbank examines the transformation of Imperial China to Communist China in The Great Chinese Revolution. Fairbanks takes an in-depth look at the many changes that have taken place, as well as modern economic development and what the future might hold for the world's most populous nation. John K. Fairbank lived in Peking in the early 1930s. During World War II he spent time in Washington and China in government service. He has been president of the Association for Asian Studies and of the American Historical Association and has received numerous honorary degrees. He and his wife live according to the season in New Hampshire and in Cambridge, Mass. "A masterful account of China's long and turbulent quest for modernity." -- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

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