China Transformed
Subtitle: Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: January 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780801483271
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Economic history; Political economy; Political science & theory; History: World; Europe; History - General History; China; Social conditions; Asia - China; Economic conditions; History
First sentence: When scholars look for the origins of the contemporary world, many begin with the political expansion of Western states across the globe and the economic transformations brought on by a capitalist system of European origins.