| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 182 pages) : map. |
| Series |
What Everyone Needs To Know |
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What everyone needs to know.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed June 4, 2013). |
| Summary |
The need to understand China has never been more pressing. Within one generation, the global giant has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse; yet conflicting impressions of the country and its leaders abound. In the fully revised and updated second edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the superpower, and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise. Focusing his answers through the historical legacies ... |
| Contents |
pt. I. Historical legacies -- pt. II. The present and the future. |
| Subject |
China -- History -- 21st century.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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China.
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Geschiedenis (vorm)
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| Added Author |
Cunningham, Maura Elizabeth.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. China in the 21st century. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 (DLC) 2009045415 |
| ISBN |
9780199974986 (electronic bk.) |
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0199974985 (electronic bk.) |
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