Subject: China--Civilization--19th century

China since 1800
AuthorHarrison, John A.
PlaceNew York
PublisherHarcourt, Brace & World
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition1st ed.
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesAn original harbinger book ; H060
ShelfStacks
Call NumberDS755.H3 1967
Description21 cm, 278 p., (maps)--263-266 p.
Note

China since 1800 [by] John A. Harrison.

Includes bibliographical references. 

An indepth study into the general history of Modern China. John A. Harrison details China's encounters with foregin imperialism as well as the introduction of alien cultures and political upheaveal in China during the 1800s. This includes a look into some of China's most tumultuous times such as the study of Communist China, all the way up to China's Civil War as a way to examine the current state of China as a country today. 

ISBN0156168804
Tradition and modernization in China and Japan
AuthorMoody, Peter R., Jr.
PlaceBelmont, CA
PublisherWadsworth Pub. Co.
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesNew horizons in comparative politics
ShelfStacks [ASCC]
Call NumberDS774.M62 1995
Descriptionxxii, 360 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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Tradition and modernization in China and Japan / Peter R. Moody.

Contents:
Introduction
The east Asian environment
Intellectual background
State and society in traditional east Asia
Traditional societies and the new world order
Change and decay
China's political and social structure
Politics and policy in contemporary China
The Republic of China on Taiwan
Japan's poltical and social structure
Politics and policy in contemporary Japan
ISBN9780534245467 ; 0534245463
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