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Yet discussions of Asia seem fixated on economic indicators—gross national product, per capita income, share of global trade. \u003ci\u003eMakers of Modern Asia\u003c\/i\u003e reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, who helped launch the Asian Century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nationalists who crafted modern Asia were as much thinkers as activists, men and women who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems. The eleven thinker-politicians whose portraits are presented here were a mix of communists, capitalists, liberals, authoritarians, and proto-theocrats—a group as diverse as the countries they represent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom China, the world’s most populous country, come four: Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Revolution; Zhou Enlai, his close confidant; Deng Xiaoping, purged by Mao but rehabilitated to play a critical role in Chinese politics in later years; and Chiang Kai-shek, whose Kuomintang party formed the basis of modern Taiwan. From India, the world’s largest democracy, come three: Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi, all of whom played crucial roles in guiding India toward independence and prosperity. Other exemplary nationalists include Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh, Indonesia’s Sukarno, Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, and Pakistan’s Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. With contributions from leading scholars, \u003ci\u003eMakers of Modern Asia\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the intellectual and ideological foundations of Asia’s spectacular rise to global prominence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eRamachandra Guha is a leading historian of modern India, living in Bangalore. His books include \u003ci\u003eGandhi Before India \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIndia After Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRamachandra Guha is a leading historian of modern India, living in Bangalore. His books include \u003ci\u003eGandhi Before India \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIndia After Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJay Taylor is a Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRana Mitter is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eA Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForgotten Ally: China’s World War II, 1937–1945\u003c\/i\u003e, named a Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has commented on Asia for the BBC, NPR, CNN, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the History Channel, and the World Economic Forum at Davos. S.T. Lee Professor of US-Asia Relations at Harvard Kennedy School, he is also a Fellow of the British Academy and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOdd Arne Westad is Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University. A fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eRestless Empire: China and the World since 1750\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Bancroft Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSrinath Raghavan is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Senior Research Fellow at King’s India Institute at King’s College London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA leading scholar of the Cold War and the history of modern China, Chen Jian is Distinguished Global Network Professor of History at New York University and NYU Shanghai; Hu Shih Professor of History Emeritus at Cornell University; and Zijiang Distinguished Visiting Professor at East China Normal University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554405765281,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674970809","price":39.9,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674970809.jpg?v=1781767205","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/makers-of-modern-asia-paperback-by-ramachandra-guha","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}