The tyranny of history : the roots of China's crisis / W.J.F. Jenner
1992, 1st edition. London New York : Allen Lane ; Penguin Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #417586
ISBN: 0713990600
Physical description; xiii, 255 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Tyrannies of History -- Histories of Tyranny -- Emperors and Bureaucrats -- Population, Economies and Growth Without Development -- Walls -- Family Circles -- Law -- The Party's Over -- Confucian, Bourgeois and Democratic Confusions -- Gods, Ghosts and Germeron -- A Living Culture? -- Ways Out? Subjects; 15.75 history of Asia. Kultur. Autoritarisme. Authoritarianism China History. China History. China Civilization. China Civilization History. China Social life and customs.
Price: €12.95