Modern China: Continuity and Change, 1644 to the Present

Now in a fully updated edition, this accessible text provides a balanced history of modern China in a global context. The authors focus especially on China’s culture, warfare, and immediate neighbors and provide a unique comparative approach to bridge the cultural divide separating Chinese history from Western readers trying to understand it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 656 pages
Publication date: 18 February 2019
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

In this fully updated edition, this accessible text provides a comprehensive history of modern China in a global context. Drawing on years of living and research in China, Taiwan, Japan, and Russia, the authors possess a deep understanding of China's internal dynamics and its foreign relations spanning centuries. They argue that modern Chinese history cannot be fully understood without considering the external factors that have shaped the country. Specifically, the authors focus on China's neighboring countries, particularly Japan and Russia, and emphasize the tragic toll of nearly endless warfare throughout Chinese history. By adopting a comparative approach, the authors bridge the cultural gap between Chinese history and Western readers seeking to comprehend it. Designed with the teaching requirements of the semester system in mind, the book is divided into four parts and comprises a total of twenty-eight chapters. This arrangement corresponds to two chapters per week in a fourteen-week semester or one chapter per week in a two-semester course.

Weight: 1182g
Dimension: 342 x 187 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538103852
Edition number: Second Edition