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UNINA9910454379103321 |
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Autore |
Mitter Rana <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Modern China : a very short introduction / / Rana Mitter |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008 |
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1-281-34123-1 |
9786611341237 |
0-19-152784-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
China Civilization 20th century |
China Civilization 21st century |
China Civilization Western influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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What is modern China? -- The old order and the new -- Making China modern -- Is Chinese society modern? -- Is China's economy modern? -- Is Chinese culture modern? -- Brave new China?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. This Very Short Introduction provides an accessible guide to why China looks the way it does today, and how it got there. - ;China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's mo |
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