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A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World (The Making of the Modern World) (1st Edition) by Rana (Lecturer In The History And Politics Of Modern China At The Unversity Of Oxford) Mitter Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-19-280605-X / 019280605X ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280605-5 / 9780192806055 In this powerful new look at modern China, Rana Mitter goes back to a pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from pre-modern to modern. Mitter identifies May 4, 1919, as the defining moment of China's twentieth-century history. On that day, outrage over th |