After devastating famine in the late 1950s followed by social upheavals of the Cultural Revolution in the»60s and»70s, China turned to a more pragmatic approach to economic development when Deng Xiaoping ascended to power at the end of that period. (fortune.com)
Mayakovsky initially worked on behalf of the Bolshevik Revolution, lending his talents to give voice to the Russian people at a time of great social upheaval and reconstruction. (terremoto.mx)
But she has recently married John Diner Tredevant, a property developer who is heavily invested in Bristol's housing boom, and he has everything to lose from social upheaval and the prospect of war. (bookbrowse.com)