02544nam 2200589 a 450 991045437910332120210514190932.01-281-34123-197866113412370-19-152784-X(CKB)1000000000535728(EBL)415543(OCoLC)476243234(SSID)ssj0000204270(PQKBManifestationID)11188386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204270(PQKBWorkID)10188791(PQKB)11486236(MiAaPQ)EBC415543(Au-PeEL)EBL415543(CaPaEBR)ebr10225211(CaONFJC)MIL134123(EXLCZ)99100000000053572820071114d2008 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierModern China a very short introduction /Rana MitterOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,2008.1 online resource (169 pages)Very short introductionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-922802-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index.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?.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 moVery short introductions.ChinaCivilization20th centuryChinaCivilization21st centuryChinaCivilizationWestern influencesElectronic books.951.05Mitter Rana1969-850329MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454379103321Modern China1898678UNINA