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Twentieth Century Colonialism and China
Localities, the everyday, and the world
Colonialism in China was a piecemeal agglomeration that achieved its greatest extent in the first half of the twentieth century, the last edifices falling at the close of the century. The diversity of these colonial arrangements across China’s landscape defies systematic characterization. This...
Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
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The New Rich in China
Future rulers, present lives
Three decades of reform since 1978 in the People’s Republic of China have resulted in the emergence of new social groups which have included new occupations and professions generated as the economy has opened up and developed and, most spectacularly given the legacy of state socialism, the...
Published April 24th 2008 by Routledge
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China's Communist Revolutions
Fifty Years of The People's Republic of China
During its fifty years of existence the People's Republic of China has seen dramatic changes, from the proclamation of the independent state through the period of the Communist Revolution, the Cultural Revolution, the Reform Period. These changes are analysed from the political, economic and social...
Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
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China's Provinces in Reform
Class, Community and Political Culture
China is a far larger and more diverse country than many people in the West realise. The provinces that make up the country are considerable social, economic and political systems in their own right. They are comparable in size and complexity to European states.China's Provinces in Reform is...
Published May 28th 1997 by Routledge
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China Rising
Nationalism and Interdependence
China's dramatic economic growth since the 1970s has seemed inexorable. The resulting rise in international profile has provoked a lively argument regarding the fundamental economic and strategic challenges to the rest of the world that China now presents.China Rising examines the extent to which...
Published May 28th 1997 by Routledge
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The New Rich in Asia
Mobile Phones, McDonald's and Middle Class Revolution
This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries and territories of East and South East Asia, as well as their impact internationally. From a western perspective the rise of...
Published March 6th 1996 by Routledge
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China Deconstructs
Politics, Trade and Regionalism
China looks set to regain its former power, experiencing the world's fastest economic growth for over a decade. Looking at the challenges posed by reforms, the contributors analyse factors that might lead to or prevent the break-up of China....
Published December 14th 1994 by Routledge