02667nam 2200649 a 450 991096126650332120200520144314.0978661134123797801915787930191578797978128134123512813412319780191527845019152784X(CKB)1000000000535728(EBL)415543(OCoLC)476243234(SSID)ssj0000204270(PQKBManifestationID)11188386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204270(PQKBWorkID)10188791(PQKB)11486236(Au-PeEL)EBL415543(CaPaEBR)ebr10225211(CaONFJC)MIL134123(MiAaPQ)EBC415543(EXLCZ)99100000000053572820071114d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierModern China a very short introduction /Rana Mitter1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (169 pages)Very short introductionsDescription based upon print version of record.9780199228027 0199228027 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 influences951.05Mitter Rana1969-1799680MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961266503321Modern China4344070UNINA