Modern China: Continuity and Change, 1644 to the Present

by Bruce A. Elleman, S C Paine, S. C. M. Paine

Book Overview

Now in a fully updated edition, this accessible text provides a balanced history of modern China in a global context. Through years of living and research in China, Taiwan, Japan, and Russia, the authors are deeply qualified to understand China's internal dynamics as well as its foreign relations over centuries. Arguing that modern Chinese history cannot be understood without a deep appreciation of the outside factors that have influenced the country,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538103850
• ISBN13: 9781538103852
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.1"