China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, Frank Dikotter

China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, Frank DikotterNew Paperback How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today? Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, award winning historian Frank Dikoetter recasts our understanding of an era that both the regime and foreign admirers alike celebrate as an economic miracle. In a fascinating tale spanning five decades, he examines the country's economic transformation

Yet he and his descendants became some of England's most unforgettable rulers

Not only does it trace the genesis of the original books

With an eclectic mix of examples from the Stone Age to the present

when on the Western Front the conflict broke free of its entrenched deadlock

doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future

and from the Three Witches from Macbeth to Bottom and Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream

and Bob's trademark unflinching drive and humour

wild food is all around us - if you know where to look

Introduction by Jenny Uglow

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Some scratches and bumps to the slipcase (see images) but otherwise in near fine condition

Ramble through the fells and sip hot chocolate in a rustic cafe by day