China Readings: 1. Imperial China. 2. Republican China. 3. Communist China
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. Internally sound.
This three-volume documentary history anthology assembles primary sources and scholarly commentary to trace China's transformation across two centuries, edited by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell for Pelican. "China Readings 1: Imperial China" details the political and social structures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while "China Readings 2: Republican China" chronicles the nationalist movement, foreign conflict, and the ascent of the Communist Party between 1911 and 1949. "China Readings 3: Communist China" argues through firsthand accounts and analysis how the People's Republic pursued revolutionary reconstruction at home and confrontation abroad from 1949 onward, presenting a comprehensive documentary record of modern Chinese history for students and general readers alike.
Author: Schurmann, Franz and Orville Schell (editors)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. Internally sound.
This three-volume documentary history anthology assembles primary sources and scholarly commentary to trace China's transformation across two centuries, edited by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell for Pelican. "China Readings 1: Imperial China" details the political and social structures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while "China Readings 2: Republican China" chronicles the nationalist movement, foreign conflict, and the ascent of the Communist Party between 1911 and 1949. "China Readings 3: Communist China" argues through firsthand accounts and analysis how the People's Republic pursued revolutionary reconstruction at home and confrontation abroad from 1949 onward, presenting a comprehensive documentary record of modern Chinese history for students and general readers alike.