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''Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China'' is a book by Sir Richard Evans chronicling the rise of Deng Xiaoping as the leader of the People's Republic of China. The first British edition was published in 1993 by the Hamilton company.〔http://www.worldcat.org/title/deng-xiaoping-and-the-making-of-modern-china/oclc/246844257&referer=brief_results〕 The first American edition was published by Viking Books in 1993.〔http://www.worldcat.org/title/deng-xiaoping-and-the-making-of-modern-china/oclc/214534136&referer=brief_results〕 This was Evans's first book.〔Yang, Benjamin. "Deng Xiaoping and the making of modern China - Evans,R" (book review). ''The China Journal''. The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. January 1, 1996. Volume 35. Page 155. ISSN: 1324-9347. (Available at Jstor ). Retrieved on April 5, 2012. - (DOI 10.2307/2950291 )〕 Evans had served as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to China,〔Wilson 825.〕 from 1984 to 1988. To conduct his research, with approval of PRC officials, Evans had interviewed several PRC governmental officials.〔Meng, Mark. "Book reviews: Social sciences." ''Library Journal''. January 1, 1994. Vol. 119, Issue 1. p. 128, 1/7 p. ISSN: 03630277. Available from Academic Search Complete.〕 ==Content== Glen Jennings, author of a book review for the ''Australian Journal of Politics and History'', wrote that the book is "a lucid account of Deng's life and an accessible general introduction to the CCP and the People's Republic of China."〔Jennings, p. 164〕 A.P. of ''Current History'' wrote that the book "follows" closely the career of Deng "almost entirely from the angle of party politics."〔A.P., p. 288.〕 The book uses Deng's official biography, interviews of CPC historians, secondary sources, and translations of works by Deng as sources. Ann Kent wrote in the ''Australian Outlook'' that the book is "()ore a narrative of the complicated ups and downs of Deng's career than a searching portrayal or character study".〔Kent, p. 307.〕 She argues that the main image of Deng in the book is the "'black cat, white cat' pragmatist, of no fixed ideological address, who ultimately succeeded in reasserting his power and changing China's entire political direction through sheer force of circumstance combined with political acumen."〔 A.P. wrote that "Deng's private life remains remote" and therefore Evans produced "very little about" the childhood of Deng and that Evans "is constantly running into walls and left to cite with hushed attention some fairly banal details" when not discussing Deng's political career.〔 The book includes history of the development of the Communist Party of China along with information about Deng himself. Peter R. Moody wrote in the ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'' that "There are long stretches with much more Party history than information about Deng."〔Moody, p. 213.〕 Margaret Flanagan wrote in ''Booklist'' that "Since Deng Xiaoping's life literally parallels the course of modern Chinese history, this chronicle also provides a blueprint for comprehending the often arcane complexities of twentieth-century China."〔Flanagan, Margaret. "Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China." ''Booklist''. 90.13 (Mar. 1, 1994): p1177. Available at ''Popular Magazines'' Infotrac, Gale Cengage Learning. Document ID GALE|A15237950.〕 In Moody's words, the book concludes that Deng was "pragmatic in economics and repressive in politics".〔 Kent wrote that the book's epilogue "provides a balance sheet of Deng's achievements and failures."〔 The individuals thanked for the book include Qian Qichen and other members of the Central Committee Research Department. This included the head of the Deng Xiaoping Study Group.〔Mirsky, 12〕 A.P. concluded that Evans's "respect" for Deng "is palpable."〔 Jennings argued that the book is "appraising Deng’s career in a generally positive manner".〔Jennings, p. 165.〕 He argued that the author "supports Deng Xiaoping’s emphasis on the primacy of economic reform",〔Jennings, p. 166.〕 and also that he "tends to downplay negative issues which have the potential to tarnish Deng’s overall reputation as a political pragmatist and determined economic reformer."〔 Mirsky argued that the book has a "trusting quality" towards information given from Communist Party sources.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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