China Transformed: Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience - Brossura

Wong, R. Bin

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ISBN 10: 0801483271 ISBN 13: 9780801483271

Casa editrice: Cornell Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

"This bold, intellectually ambitious, and wholly original book challenges the way in which Western social science understands China. . . . It will set the standard for all future comparative and theoretical research on China."—Timothy Brook, Stanford University"This is a most extraordinary book. Wong's approach is to explore carefully similarities and differences between Chinese and European development over the long term, highlighting themes related to state-making and popular action. This is by far the most sophisticated, extended discussion of imperial and modern China in comparative perspective that I have seen."—Peter C. Perdue, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe assumption still made in much social science research that Europe provides a universal model of development is fundamentally mistaken, according to R. Bin Wong. The solution is not, however, simply to reject Eurocentric norms but to build complementary perspectives, such as a Sinocentric one, to evaluate current understandings of European developments. A genuinely comparative perspective, he argues, will free China from wrong expectations and will allow those working on European problems to recognize the distinct character of Western development.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cornell Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0801483271
• ISBN 13: 9780801483271
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 327