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Understanding contemporary China / edited by Robert E. Gamer. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding (Boulder, Colo.)Publication details: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, (c)2008.Edition: third editionDescription: xvii, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781588265944
LOC classification:
  • DS706.G192.U534 2008
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Contents:
Introduction Robert E. Gamer -- China: a geographic preface Stanley W. Toops -- The historical context Rhoads Murphey -- Chinese politics Robert E. Gamer -- China's economy Sarah Y. Tong and John Wong -- China beyond the heartland Robert E. Gamer -- International relations Robert E. Gamer -- Population growth and urbanization Ma Rong -- China's environmental problems Richard Louis Edmonds -- Family, kinship, marriage, and sexuality Zang Xiaowei -- Women and development Laurel Bossen -- Religion Chan Hoiman and Ambrose Y.C. King -- Literature and popular culture Charles A. Laughlin -- Trends and prospects Robert E. Gamer.
Summary: New features of the third edition include coverage of current issues and challenges such as China's dynamic economic growth; its changing social and political culture; its growing international presence as a mediator, investor and disbursor of foreign aid; recent developments in the stand-off with Taiwan; and environmental degradation.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction Robert E. Gamer -- China: a geographic preface Stanley W. Toops -- The historical context Rhoads Murphey -- Chinese politics Robert E. Gamer -- China's economy Sarah Y. Tong and John Wong -- China beyond the heartland Robert E. Gamer -- International relations Robert E. Gamer -- Population growth and urbanization Ma Rong -- China's environmental problems Richard Louis Edmonds -- Family, kinship, marriage, and sexuality Zang Xiaowei -- Women and development Laurel Bossen -- Religion Chan Hoiman and Ambrose Y.C. King -- Literature and popular culture Charles A. Laughlin -- Trends and prospects Robert E. Gamer.

New features of the third edition include coverage of current issues and challenges such as China's dynamic economic growth; its changing social and political culture; its growing international presence as a mediator, investor and disbursor of foreign aid; recent developments in the stand-off with Taiwan; and environmental degradation.

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