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China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition
John King Fairbank
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Description for China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition
Paperback. John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilisation. It remains a masterwork without parallel. Num Pages: 640 pages, 60 halftones, 25 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 896.
John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.
John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.
Product Details
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
968g
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674018280
SKU
V9780674018280
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99-18
About John King Fairbank
John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University. Merle Goldman was Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.
Reviews for China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition
Manages to tell its sprawling, turbulent, 4,000-year story in a single volume without either losing clarity or oversimplifying its subject...Rich and fascinating.
Arnold R. Isaacs
San Francisco Chronicle
Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook.
Robert L. Worden
Washington Post Book World
Arnold R. Isaacs
San Francisco Chronicle
Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook.
Robert L. Worden
Washington Post Book World