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Modern China Very Short Introduction Oxford by Rana Mitter is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rana Mitter
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199228027
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Political Science, Human Geography
- Rating
- 3.55 / 5 (294 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (2008)
- Modern China (a Brief Insight) (2009)
- Modern China: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction (2016)
- Modern China: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction (2015)
- Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (2016)
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