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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. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date and provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.

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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 *
Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook. -- Robert L. Worden * Washington Post Book World *

China A New History 2e Enlarged edition OISC

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    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 01/04/2006
    ISBN13: 9780674018280, 978-0674018280
    ISBN10: 0674018281
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date and provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.

    Trade Review
    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 *
    Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook. -- Robert L. Worden * Washington Post Book World *

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