The Fall and Rise of China Audiobook by The Great Courses

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/73/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Fall and Rise of China Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Richard Baum Format: Original Recording Length: 24 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1339 votes Genres: History, Ancient Publisher's Summary: How can we account for Chinas momentous - and almost wholly unanticipated - global rise? And what does it mean, for us in the West and for humanitys future? Speaking to these vital and fascinating questions, these 48 penetrating lectures by Professor Baum bring to vivid life the human struggles, the titanic political upheavals, and the spectacular speed of Chinas modern rebirth. Offering multilevel insight into one of the most astounding real-life dramas of modern history, the lectures weave together the richly diverse developments and sociopolitical currents that created the China you now read about in the headlines. Youll get a detailed understanding of all the core events in Chinas century of stunning change, including the collapse of the Qing dynasty, the Republican era and civil wars, the "Great Leap Forward", the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao economic "miracle". Throughout, Professor Baum reveals highly unusual details that enrich the cinematic sweep of the story. For example, youll learn about the Christian warlord who baptized his troops with a fire hose, the strange kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek, and Professor Baums own smuggling of top-secret documents out of Taiwan. A core strength of these lectures is that they make sense of the dramatic events of the story by getting deeply at what underlay them, culturally, socially, and historically - leaving you with a nuanced knowledge of the forces moving Chinas modern emergence. Bringing alive the passionate reinvention of China with deep discernment and humanity, they portray the confounding, majestic, heart-rending, and visionary story of a modern giant. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.