Annotation For radicals in Europe and North America, the anti-imperialist - and Chinese - revolutions continued the great task of 1789, 1848, and 1870, the bourgeois revolution' in Marx's terms, and the creation of nations that would release the energies and unity of purpose to create new worlds of prosperity and freedom. The nationalist focus led to an emphasis on autarkic development - the nation, it was said, already possessed within its own boundaries all the requirements and resources to match the accomplishments of global civilization. This updated edition discusses China's transformation from a poor country devastated by war into a major world power.