China
A New History, Second Enlarged Edition
Merle Goldman author John King Fairbank author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Published:30th May '06
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
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 *
ISBN: 9780674018280
Dimensions: 235mm x 162mm x 32mm
Weight: 885g
640 pages
2nd Enlarged edition