China: A New History / Edition 2

by John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman

Overview

John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674018280
Publisher:	Harvard
Publication date:	12/01/2005
Edition description:	Second Enlarged Edition
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	265,965
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.

Merle Goldman is Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.

Editorial Reviews

Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook.

Washington Post Book World - Robert L. Worden

Manages to tell its sprawling, turbulent, 4,000-year story in a single volume without either losing clarity or oversimplifying its subject...Rich and fascinating.

San Francisco Chronicle - Arnold R. Isaacs

Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook.
— Robert L. Worden

Washington Post Book World

Manages to tell its sprawling, turbulent, 4,000-year story in a single volume without either losing clarity or oversimplifying its subject...Rich and fascinating.
— Arnold R. Isaacs

San Francisco Chronicle