China in Transformation

Changing political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural conditions are transforming China and its close neighbours. This text attempts to answer enduring questions about these societies, with the aim of providing a better understanding of this complex region.

About the author

Tu Wei-ming is Director of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, and Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies, Emeritus, Harvard University. He directed the Harvard-Yenching Institute from 1996 to 2008.

Summary

The authors in this book, taking full advantage of the new freedom of inquiry, shed light on the Chinese experience, elaborating not only on the vast changes sweeping all sectors of Chinese society, but also on the tradition that has persisted.

Product details

• Assisted by: Weiming Tu (Editor), Wei-Ming Tu (Editor), Tu Wei-ming (Editor), Tu Weiming (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780674117549
• ISBN: 978-0-674-11754-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, Asian History