Title The age of openness : China before Mao / Frank Dikötter.

Publication Info.	Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], [2008]
	©2008

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Description	1 online resource (131 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Understanding China : new viewpoints on history and culture
	Understanding China : new viewpoints on history and culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Open Governance; 3 Open Borders; 4 Open Minds; 5 Open Markets; 6 Conclusion; Notes; A Note on Further Reading for the Non-Chinese Reader; Index.
Summary	The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history, but this book shows instead that the first half of the 20th century witnessed a qualitatively unprecedented trend toward openness.
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Subject	China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
Chronological Term	1912-1949
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Dikötter, Frank. Age of openness. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], ©2008 9789622099203 (DLC) 2008339609 (OCoLC)228198281
ISBN	9789882205642 (electronic book)
	988220564X (electronic book)
	9789622099203
	9622099203