Title:
Understanding contemporary China / edited by Robert E. Gamer, Stanley W. Toops.
Author:
Gamer, Robert E., 1938- editor.
Toops, Stanley, editor.
Publication Information:
Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2017.
©2017
Call Number:
DS706 .U47 2017
Geographic Term:
Edition:
Fifth edition.
ISBN:
9781626376533
Series:
Understanding : introductions to the states and regions of the contemporary world
Understanding (Boulder, Colo.)
Physical Description:
xvii, 526 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction / Robert E. Gamer -- China: a geographic preface / Stanley W. Toops -- The historical context / Rhoads Murphey -- Chinese politics / Robert E. Gamer -- China's economy / Sarah Y. Tong and John Wong -- China beyond the heartland / Lynn T. White III and Robert E. Gamer -- International relations / Robert E. Gamer -- Population growth and urbanization / Ma Rong -- China's environmental problems / Richard Louis Edmonds -- Family, kinship, marriage, and sexuality / Zang Xiaowei and William Jankowiak -- Women and development / Laurel Bossen -- Religion / Chan Hoiman and Ambrose Y.C. King -- Literature and popular culture / Charles A. Laughlin -- Trends and prospects / Robert E. Gamer and Lynn T. White III.
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