Jay D White, William A. Joseph

China Briefing (eBook, PDF)

1997-1999: A Century of Transformation

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Produktbeschreibung

The chapters in this latest edition of China Briefing reflect broadly on China's transformation in the twentieth century. The authors not only examine developments in China over the 1997-1999 period, but also place these events in a wider historical perspective by addressing the following questions: Where has China traveled over the course of the century? To what extent has it been transformed, and how? What are the enduring themes or points of continuity, even during a century of great change and transformation? And what are China's prospects for the future?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315291888
• Artikelnr.: 46885146

Autorenporträt

Jay D White, William A. Joseph

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Historical Echoes and Chinese Politics: Can China Leave the Twentieth Century Behind?
The Chinese Economy: Fifty Years into the Transformation
Power, Patronage, and Protest in Rural China
The Shape of Society: The Changing Demography of Development
Promises and Pitfalls of Reform: New Thinking in Post-Deng China
The Politics of Consumerism in Chinese Society
Gender and Nationalism in China at the Turn of the Millennium
Dangerous Liaisons: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States at the Turn of the Century
The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same: The World, the United States, and the People's Republic of China, 1949-1999
Chronology 1997-1999
Historical Chronology of the Twentieth Century: 1895-1996