| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
China and the world order : dilemmas of identity -- China and the world : from tribute to treaties to popular nationalism / Joseph W. Esherick -- On China's rise / Lowell Dittmer -- Challenges of strategy and security -- Chinese strategy and security issues in historical perspective / Evelyn S. Rawski -- China's strategy and security in the post-cold war era / Michael D. Swaine -- China's economic trajectory -- China's prereform economy in world perspective / Dwight H. Perkins -- The dynamics of China's reform-era economy / Barry Naughton -- China's ecological and resource interaction -- The environmental impasse in late imperial China / Mark Elvin -- China's energy rise / Erica S. Downs -- Political creativity and political development -- The political creativity of late imperial China / R. Keith Schoppa -- Political creativity and political reform in China? / Joseph Fewsmith -- Concluding reflections -- Struggle for identity : a political psychology of China's rise / Qin Yaqing |
| Summary |
China, with its geographical, historical, cultural, and political distance from the West, long has been a black box upon which we readily paste labels--communist, non-Western, developing country--but whose internal logic remains a mystery to us. Arguing that it would be a major step forward in our genuine knowledge of China if we understood its internal dynamic, this innovative book considers China from a historical perspective to chart its current dynamic and future direction. Renowned historians, economists, and political scientists explore the internal dynamic of China's rise since traditio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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Diplomatic relations
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Economic policy
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- 1949- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024123
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China -- Economic policy -- 1949-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024023
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China -- Politics and government -- 1949- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024174
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China -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024025
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Womack, Brantly, 1947-
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| LC no. |
2010004021 |
| ISBN |
9780742567238 |
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0742567230 |
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0742567214 |
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9780742567214 |
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0742567222 |
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9780742567221 |
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1282607596 |
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9781282607590 |
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9786612607592 |
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6612607599 |
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