China
Title:
China
Author:
LaFleur, Robert Andre, 1959-
ISBN:
9781598841671
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 504 p.) : ill., maps.
Series:
Asia in focus
Gale virtual reference library.
Asia in focus.
Contents:
Geography / Robert Andre LaFleur, Warren Bruce Palmer -- History / Robert Andre LaFleur -- Politics and government / John A. Rapp -- The modern Chinese economy / Warren Bruce Palmer -- Society / Robert Andre LaFleur, Tamara Hamlish -- Culture: Chinese language / Shin Yong Robson ; Social relationships and etiquette / Tamara Hamlish, Warren Bruce Palmer, Robert Andre LaFleur ; Literature / Daniel Youd ; Chinese art / Kenneth S. Ganza ; Music in China / Ann L. Silverberg ; Food / Robert Andre LaFleur, Tamara Hamlish ; Leisure and sports / Robert Andre LaFleur, Tamara Hamlish, Kevin Latham ; Popular culture and traditional beliefs / Robert Andre LaFleur, Kevin Latham, Tamara Hamlish -- Contemporary issues / Anita M. Andrew.
Abstract:
Provides an up-to-date examination of China, past and present, and offers detailed information on a country whose substantial impact on the global economy and consumer culture continues to grow.
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