China. Kerry Brown

China

       Kerry Brown

      polity

      Copyright © Kerry Brown 2020

      The right of Kerry Brown to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      First published in 2020 by Polity Press

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4149-2

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Brown, Kerry, 1967- author.

      Title: China / Kerry Brown.

      Description: Medford, MA : Polity, 2020. | Series: Polity histories | Summary: “A sharp and smart history of 20th and 21st century China”--Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020000126 (print) | LCCN 2020000127 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509541478 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509541485 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509541492 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: China--History--1949-1976. | China--History--1976-2002. | China--History--2002-

      Classification: LCC DS777.55 .B697 2020 (print) | LCC DS777.55 (ebook) | DDC 951.05--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020000126 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020000127

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