This edited volume describes the intellectual world that developed in China in the last decade of the twentieth century. How, as China’s economy changed from a centrally planned to a market one, and …

This edited volume describes the intellectual world that developed in China in the last decade of the twentieth century. How, as China’s economy changed from a centrally planned to a market one, and …

This edited volume describes the intellectual world that developed in China in the last decade of the twentieth century. How, as China’s economy changed from a centrally planned to a market one, and …

Observers often note the glaring contrast between China’s stunning economic progress and stalled political reforms. Although sustained growth in GNP has not brought democratization at the national le …

A leading scholar of China’s modern political development examines the changing relationship between the Chinese people and the state. Correcting the conventional view of China as having instituted e …

Historical Perspectives on Contemporary East Asiaaddresses provocative themes concerning the experience of particular nations and of East Asia as a whole. It explores the turbulent process of integra …

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 parall …