LEADER 02501oam 22005771 450 001 9910782291303321 005 20240102112719.0 010 $a1-281-34123-1 010 $a9786611341237 010 $a0-19-152784-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000535728 035 $a(EBL)415543 035 $a(OCoLC)476243234 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000204270 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188386 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204270 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188791 035 $a(PQKB)11486236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225211 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL134123 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000535728 100 $a20071114d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aModern China $ea very short introduction /$fRana Mitter 210 1$a[Oxford] :$cOxford University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (169 pages) 225 1 $aVery short introductions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-19-922802-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index. 327 $aWhat 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?. 330 $aChina today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. This Very Short Introduction provides an accessible guide to why China looks the way it does today, and how it got there. - ;China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's mo 410 0$aVery short introductions. 607 $aChina$xCivilization$y20th century 607 $aChina$xCivilization$y21st century 607 $aChina$xCivilization$xWestern influences 676 $a951.05 700 $aMitter$b Rana$f1969-$01501217 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782291303321 996 $aModern China$93817562 997 $aUNINA