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1 online resource (385 pages) |
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880-01 Introduction : the politics behind the economics of Asia's rise / Ramachandra Guha -- Gandhi, India, and the world / Ramachandra Guha -- Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization / Jay Taylor -- Ho Chi Minh : nationalist icon / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Mao Zedong and charismatic Maoism / Rana Mitter -- Jawaharlal Nehru : a romantic in politics / Ramachandra Guha -- Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" / Chen Jian -- Sukarno : anticipating an Asian century / James R. Rush -- Deng Xiaoping and the China he made / Odd Arne Westad -- Indira Gandhi : India and the world in transition / Srinath Raghavan -- Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew : traveling light, traveling fast / Michael D. Barr -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto : in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan / Farzana Shaikh |
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880-01/(N Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Politics behind the Economics of Asia's Rise -- One. Gandhi, India, and the World -- Two. Chiang Kai- Shek and Chinese Modernization -- Three. Ho Chi Minh: Nationalist Icon -- Four. Mao Zedong and Charismatic Maoism -- Five. Jawaharlal Nehru: A Romantic in Politics -- Six. Zhou Enlai and China's "Prolonged Rise" -- Seven. Sukarno Anticipating an Asian Century -- Eight. Deng Xiaoping and the China He Made -- Nine. Indira Gandhi: India and the World in Transition -- Ten. Singaporеђ́ةS Lee Kuan Yew: Traveling Light, Traveling Fast -- Eleven. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: In Pursuit of an Asian Pakistan -- Notes. Acknowledgments. Notes On Contributors. Credits. Index -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Credits -- Index |
| Summary |
The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, Makers of Modern Asia presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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Politicians -- Asia -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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Politicians
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Politiska förhållanden.
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Politiker.
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Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
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Asia -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010012953
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Guha, Ramachandra, editor
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| ISBN |
9780674735781 |
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0674735781 |
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0674365410 |
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9780674365414 |
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9780674970809 |
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0674970802 |
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