China
Subtitle: a new history
By: John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman.
Contributors: Goldman, Merle.
Edition: 2nd enl. ed.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
Subjects: China -- History.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.