Makers of modern Asia /
Makers of modern Asia /
edited by Ramachandra Guha.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
- 385 p. : 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The politics behind the Economics of Asia's rise / Gandhi, India and the World / Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization / Ho Chi Minh : nationalist icon / Mao Zedong and charismatic maoism / Jawaharlal Nehru: a romantic in politics / Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" / Sukarno: anticipating an Asian century / Den Xioping and the China he made / Indira Ghandi: India and the world in transition / Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew : traveling light, traveling fast / Zulkifar Ali Bhutto: in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan / Ramachandra Guha -- Ramachandra Guha -- Jay Taylor. Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Rana Mitter. Ramachandra Guha. Chen Jian -- James S. Rush -- Odd Arne Westad -- Srinath Raghavan -- Michael D. Barr -- Farzana Shaikh. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.
The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, it presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems.
9780674365414
Politicians--Asia--Biography
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Asia--Foreign relations--1945-
920
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The politics behind the Economics of Asia's rise / Gandhi, India and the World / Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization / Ho Chi Minh : nationalist icon / Mao Zedong and charismatic maoism / Jawaharlal Nehru: a romantic in politics / Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" / Sukarno: anticipating an Asian century / Den Xioping and the China he made / Indira Ghandi: India and the world in transition / Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew : traveling light, traveling fast / Zulkifar Ali Bhutto: in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan / Ramachandra Guha -- Ramachandra Guha -- Jay Taylor. Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Rana Mitter. Ramachandra Guha. Chen Jian -- James S. Rush -- Odd Arne Westad -- Srinath Raghavan -- Michael D. Barr -- Farzana Shaikh. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.
The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, it presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems.
9780674365414
Politicians--Asia--Biography
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Asia--Foreign relations--1945-
920