China's Search for Modernity: Cultural Discourse in the Late 20th Century

by He Ping and Ping He

Twenty years after a return from fundamentalism to economic reality, China has become the world's tenth largest economy and an increasingly important global power. Despite the rise of fundamentalism and post-modernism, the pursuit of modernity was an ongoing historical movement in late twentieth century China. He Ping focuses on China's quest for and experience of modernity. Implicitly comparative, the author discusses broad aspects of both Chinese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333977157
• ISBN13: 9780333977156
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.3"