Title:
China in the 21st century : what everyone needs to know / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.
Author:
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Call Number:
DS779.4 .W376 2010
Abstract:
The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know , Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise. --from publisher description
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ISBN:
9780195394474
9780195394122
Physical Description:
xxii, 164 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Historical legacies. Schools of thought ; Imperial China ; Revolutions and revolutionaries -- The present and the future. From Mao to now ; U.S.-China misunderstandings ; The future.
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