num_pages: 640
description: John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.
language: English
title: China: A New History
titlecomplete: China: A New History
genres: China, Historical, History, Society, Asia, World History, School, Business, Chinese Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 881
publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press