2010, ISBN: 9781444319965

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities. * Rejects… Mehr…

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities. * Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonioussociety based on principles of stability - the UnwobblingPivot of Ezra Pound's translation of the Chinese classicZhongyong * Provides an original interpretation, arguing that developmentscan be explained through an understanding of China'ssurprising swings between centralization and decentralization,between local initiative and central authoritarianism * Serves as an introduction to the subject, while readers with abackground in Chinese history will find the book offers a personalperspective and addresses long-standing interpretive issues * Supported by a variety of timelines, maps, illustrations, andextensive notes for further reading * Places China's history within the context of globalchange eBook Pamela Kyle Crossley PDF, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 28.01.2010, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 9781444319965

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities. * Rejects… Mehr…

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities. * Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonioussociety based on principles of stability - the UnwobblingPivot of Ezra Pound's translation of the Chinese classicZhongyong * Provides an original interpretation, arguing that developmentscan be explained through an understanding of China'ssurprising swings between centralization and decentralization,between local initiative and central authoritarianism * Serves as an introduction to the subject, while readers with abackground in Chinese history will find the book offers a personalperspective and addresses long-standing interpretive issues * Supported by a variety of timelines, maps, illustrations, andextensive notes for further reading * Places China's history within the context of globalchange eBook Pamela Kyle Crossley PDF, John Wiley & Sons, 28.01.2010, John Wiley & Sons, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 9781444319965

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities. * Rejects… Mehr…

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since theeighteenth century builds its story around the delicaterelationship between central government and local communities. * Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonioussociety based on principles of stability - the UnwobblingPivot of Ezra Pound's translation of the Chinese classicZhongyong * Provides an original interpretation, arguing that developmentscan be explained through an understanding of China'ssurprising swings between centralization and decentralization,between local initiative and central authoritarianism * Serves as an introduction to the subject, while readers with abackground in Chinese history will find the book offers a personalperspective and addresses long-standing interpretive issues * Supported by a variety of timelines, maps, illustrations, andextensive notes for further reading * Places China's history within the context of globalchange eBook Pamela Kyle Crossley PDF, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 28.01.2010, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010<

2010, ISBN: 9781444319965

An Interpretive History, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 1. Auflage, [PU: John Wiley & Sons], John Wiley & Sons, 2010

2010, ISBN: 9781444319965

An Interpretive History, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: John Wiley & Sons], John Wiley & Sons, 2010