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The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China

Beschreibung

This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century'

Autor

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, and Editor of the Journal of Asian Studies. He has edited a number of books on China and is the author of four: Student Protests in Twentieth Century China: The View from Shanghai (1991), China's Brave New World-And Other Tales for Global Times (2007), Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 (2009), and China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (2010; new ed. 2013), the last of which was also published by Oxford University Press. A co-founder of and contributing editor to the influential China Beat blog (2008-2012), he is a regular contributor to the press, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he co-edits the Asia section of the Los Angeles Review of Books. A member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, he has been traveling to China regularly since the 1980s.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Illustrated History
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 194mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1030g
• ISBN-13: 9780199683758
• ISBN-10: 0199683751
• Artikelnr.: 44487395