Modern China
a very short introduction
$40.17
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2025
Summary
Modern China: A Concise Introduction to a Global Powerhouse
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
China stands as a nation of immense economic power, aspiring to reshape the global balance. Yet, within its borders, stark contrasts exist: poverty alongside futuristic, surveillance-driven cities.
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter delivers a comprehensive overview of Chinese society, culture, economics, poli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198931102 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198931107 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Rana Mitter |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 111mm |
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About The Author
Rana Mitter
Rana Mitter is ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) and A Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World (2004). His book China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945 (2014) won the 2014 Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature, and was a 2014 CHOICEOutstanding Academic Title. His book China’s War with Japan, 1937-45: The Struggle for Survival was named a Book of the Year in the Economist and the Financial Times. He is a presenter for BBC Radio 3’s arts and ideas programme FreeThinking.
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