Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
- ISBN-10
- 0812976258
- ISBN-13
- 9780812976250
- Series
- Wealth and Power
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 478
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Authors
- Orville Schell, John Delury
Description
Two leading experts on China evaluate its rise throughout the past one hundred fifty years, sharing portraits of key intellectual and political leaders to explain how China transformed from a country under foreign assault to a world giant.
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