In this accessible new study, Toby Lincoln offers the first history of Chinese cities from their origins to the present. Despite being an agricultural society f

This new social history of Maoist China provides an accessible view of the complex and tumultuous period when China came under Communist rule.

The concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikötter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revoluti

Presents a revised account of the revolution of 1966-1969 - Examines the social and political consequences of the upheaval - Deng Xiaoping - Democracy movement

The second edition of this best-selling title has been revised and updated to reflect the needs of the current specifications. The title charts China's remarkab