China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future
- ISBN-10
- 0892641568
- ISBN-13
- 9780892641567
- Series
- China
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 644
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-12-31
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- Barry Naughton
Description
China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future combines original essays by leading experts with excerpts from primary sources, the latest scholarship, Chinese literature, and Western media reports to provide a comprehensive textbook on ...
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