Martin Jacques

Gebundenes Buch

When China Rules The World

The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World

Beschreibung

Continental in size and mentality, China is a 'civilization-state' whose characteristics, attitudes and values long predate its existence as a nation-state. This book explains the deeper meaning of the rise of China.

Autor

Martin Jacques coedited and coauthored The Forward March of Labour Halted?, The Politics of Thatcherism, and New Times. Jacques cofounded the UK think tank Demos, has been a columnist for The Times of London, and was editor of Marxism Today and deputy editor of The Independent. He currently writes a regular column for The Guardian and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Allen Lane / Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm
• Gewicht: 954g
• ISBN-13: 9780713992540
• ISBN-10: 0713992549
• Artikelnr.: 25986953

Rezensionen

By far the best book on China to have been published in many years, and one of the most important inquiries into the nature of modernisation. Jacques's comprehensive and richly detailed analysis will be an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to understand contemporary China John Gray New Statesman