China's Quest for Modernization: A Historical Perspective Volume 41

By Frederic E. Wakeman Jr.

The seventeen essays collected here, written by Chinese and U.S. scholars, explore the reasons for China's historical failure to modernize and develop recommendations on the path China should follow in its current quest for modernization. The book opens with a general review and then moves into economic, political and social, cultural, foreign relations, population, comparative, and regional studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557290571
• ISBN13: 9781557290571
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies University of
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"