China on the Margins
  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

Should modern Chinese history be approached from the center looking out or from the margins looking in? The contributors to this book have explored a variety of relationships between the center (or centers) and the margins in China under the Qing dynasty, the Republic, and the People's Republic.

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Yes, you can access China on the Margins by Sherman Cochran, Paul G. Pickowicz, Sherman Cochran,Paul G. Pickowicz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Chinese History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. i Half Title Page
  2. iii Title Page
  3. iv Copyright Page
  4. v Contents
  5. vii Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter1 Cochran & Pickowicz_Centers & Margins in Chinese History
  7. Chapter2 Kinzley_Turning Prospectors Into Settlers
  8. Chapter3 Lavelle_Cultivating Empire
  9. Chapter4 Jacobs_Confronting Indiana Jones
  10. Chapter5 Murray_ A Dream Deferred
  11. Chapter6 Lim_Oil For The Center From The Margins
  12. Chapter7 Kardos_A Rock & A Hard Place
  13. Chapter8 Zhang_Reform Is A Bonus
  14. Chapter9 Chang_Democracy Is In Its Details
  15. Chapter10 Barrett_A Bulwark Never Falling
  16. Chapter11 Ong_To Save Minnan, To Save Ourselves
  17. Chapter12 Iovene_Phony Phoenixes
  18. Chapter13 Hou_Rural Policy In Flux
  19. Contributors
  20. Index