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This study argues that China's perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments.

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"...a rich, complicated, and valuable book." -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
"...This extraordinary account... makes Des Forges' ideas worthy of serious consideration." -- Histoire Sociale

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/02/2003
      ISBN13: 9780804740449, 978-0804740449
      ISBN10: 0804740445
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study argues that China's perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments.

      Trade Review
      "...a rich, complicated, and valuable book." -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
      "...This extraordinary account... makes Des Forges' ideas worthy of serious consideration." -- Histoire Sociale

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