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China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition
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by John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman
Sales Rank: 12696
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List Price: $21.00
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 640 pages
Published by: Belknap Press; 2 Enlarged edition April 30, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0674018281
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0674018280
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.9 pounds
From Library Journal
No American scholar of China was better known to the public and academia alike than Fairbank. This history of China, completed two days before his death in 1991, is a fitting final work. In covering the breadth of the country's history, from the earliest archaeological records to the present, the author is occasionally short on details, but lay readers and undergraduate students will appreciate the perceptive analysis and explanation throughout, leading to a better understanding of this complex nation, its people, and its importance in the world. Furthermore, Fairbank's command of recent research, along with an great bibliography, will appeal to the scholarly audience. Highly recommended. History Book Club selection.
- Kenneth W. Berger, Duke Univ. Lib., Durham, N.C.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Review
San Francisco Chronicle : Manages to tell its sprawling, turbulent, 4,000-year story in a single volume without either losing clarity or oversimplifying its subjectRich and fascinating.
--Arnold R. Isaacs
Washington Post Book World : Will serve for decades to come as a standard reference and textbook.
--Robert L. Worden
Reader Reviews
This review is from: China: A New History, Enlarged Edition (Paperback)
You can get a lot out of this book as a basic introduction to Chinese civilization if you are willing to slog through it. It is clearly written and covers the essential facts, but it lacks taste and deep interpretation. In others words, it can be studied but should not be read for pleasure or even intellectual stimulation. I used it to complete certain gaps in my knowledge of Chinese history, which was necessary and useful, but it just feels so academic and pedantic. Maybe that is what must happen in most general survey introductions like this one: it is stripped down so far that it cut not just fat but muscle and bone. In contrast, "The Search for Modern China" by J. Spence is a work of art as well as history, and constantly stimulates the reader to probe deeper, farther, opening a world. Unfortunately, Fairbank and Goldman accomplished none of that.
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