China in the 21st century : what everyone needs to know / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.
2010
DS779.4 .W376 2010 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection
Items
Details
Title
China in the 21st century : what everyone needs to know / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.
Author
ISBN
9780195394122 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0195394127 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780195394474
019539447X
0195394127 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780195394474
019539447X
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xxii, 164 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Call Number
DS779.4 .W376 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
951.06
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of 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.
The present and the future. From Mao to now ; U.S.-China misunderstandings ; The future.