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"Since its first publication in 1988, Ray Huang's China: A Macro History has been widely praised as the best succinct history of China; a new edition of the work, supplemented by a new Preface, Conclusion, and Bibliographic Essay, is therefore most welcome. The strengths of Professor Huang's often contentious, always stimulating history derive from his broad command of the Chinese sources, and his insightful use of historical comparison to illuminate his argument. One may not agree with all of his interpretive views, but one cannot overlook the power of his ideas and the challenge he offers to conventional thinking." F. W. Mote, professor emeritus,Princeton University
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"Only 277 pages for this sparkling survey of Chinese history over the last several thousand years. Huang is the author of the much-admired 1587, A Year of No Significance. In this latest book, he argues that much of what is happening in China today is due to a centuries-old restructuring, a modernization that will bring China further into the mainstream of Western civilization. Impressive anecdotes inform a lively synthesis by a respected scholar. An unusual book that is for both the scholar and the general reader. An undeniable fact about contemporary China is that although until the 1920s the country was mathematically unmanageable, now it is on its way to becoming mathematically manageable. Most convincing, lucid, a brilliant view of Chinese history." The Book Reader
"Huang's macro-history is most welcome. It builds a structure of novel interpretation and vivid anecdote on a solid base of original research and covers the whole sweep of Chinese history, making comparative references to Western history. Huang seeks to explain the present Chinese reforms as the culmination of a commercialization trend that has broken down the old peasant society and brought China into the mainstream of world history. It is debatable whether Imperial China was as stagnant as Huang says, and his theory of the breakup of traditional China bears a resemblance to old-fashioned modernization theory. Still his book is a boldly opinionated, freshly written synthesis that will be read with pleasure and profit by all." Library Journal
"China: A Macro History was published before the student uprising in Beijing, an event in any case too recent to be documented well enough for a seriously useful history. But Huang's book, written with charm and often engaging humor, will quickly place that event into the perspective of history, rendering it understandable to any Sinophile, whether he or she be of video or academic suasion. It's one of the best 'short' histories of any country I've read." East West
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Turn of the Century Edition
China
A Macro History
Ray Huang
An East Gate Book
M. E. SHARPE, INC. Armonk, New York London, England
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An East Gate Book
Copyright 1997 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Huang, Ray. China: a macrohistory / Ray Huang.Rev. ed. p. cm. "An East gate book." Includes index. ISBN 1-56324-730-5 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 1-56324-731-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. ChinaHistory. I. Title. DS735.H785 1997 951dc21 96-51941 CIP
Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z 39.48-1984.
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