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Modern China : a very short introduction / Rana Mitter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitter, Rana, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History--2002-.
- China.
- China--Social life and customs--2002-.
- China--Politics and government--2002-.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd edition.
- Place of Publication:
- 2016.
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. This 'Very Short Introduction' provides an accessible guide to why China looks the way it does today, and how it got there.
- Contents:
- What is modern China?
- Old order and the new
- Making China modern
- Is Chinese society modern?
- Is China's economy modern?
- Is Chinese culture modern?
- Brave new China?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 19, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780191068188
- 0191068187
- 9780191068171
- 0191068179
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