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China Guide: Books

Guide contains links to useful resources for students studying China including Chinese language, history, politics and art.

Books on the Politics of China

Harmony and War by Yuan-kang Wang
Call Number: 327.51 WANG
ISBN: 9780231151405
Publication Date: 2010

The Nature of Chinese Politics by Jonathan Unger (Editor)
Call Number: 320.95109045 NATU
ISBN: 0765608472
Publication Date: 2002
China's Unresolved Issues by Suzanne Ogden
Call Number: 951.05 OGDE
ISBN: 0131785915
Publication Date: 1995

Books on Chinese Art

Chinese Folk Arts by Zhilin Jin
Call Number: 745.0951 JIN
ISBN: 9780521186582
Publication Date: 2011

Chinese Painting by Ci Lin
Call Number: 759.951 LIN
ISBN: 9780521186636
Publication Date: 2011
Of Earth and Fire by Maud Girard-Geslan
Call Number: 738.0951 GIRA
ISBN: 0642541280
Publication Date: 2000

Books on the Chinese Language

Studies in Chinese Language by Jonathan J. Webster (Editor); M. A. K. Halliday
Call Number: 495.1 HALL
ISBN: 0826458742
Publication Date: 2006

Ni Hao by Paul Fredlein; Shumang Fredlein
Call Number: 495.182421 FRED
ISBN: 9781876739188
Publication Date: 2005
New Practical Chinese Reader by Xun Liu (Editor)
Call Number: 495.1864 NEWP WORKBOOK
ISBN: 7561910401
Publication Date: 2002
Sing 'n Learn Chinese by Trio Jan Jeng; Selina Yoon
Call Number: 495.182421 JENG
ISBN: 1888194170
Publication Date: 1997

Books on the History of China

Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911 by John K. Fairbank (Editor, Contribution by); Kwang-Ching Liu (Editor); Denis C. Twitchett (Contribution by)
Call Number: 951.03 CAMB
ISBN: 0521220297
Publication Date: 1980
A Short History of China and Southeast Asia by Martin Stuart-Fox
Call Number: 382.951059 STUA
ISBN: 1864489545
Publication Date: 2002
Mao Zedong and China's Revolutions by Timothy Cheek
Call Number: 951.05 MAO CHEE
ISBN: 0312256264
Publication Date: 2002
The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence
Call Number: 951.03 SPEN
ISBN: 0393973514
Publication Date: 1999
The Tyranny of History by William J. Jenner
Call Number: 951 JENN
ISBN: 0140146776
Publication Date: 1994
Rescuing History from the Nation by Prasenjit Duara
Call Number: 951.072 DUAR
ISBN: 0226167216
Publication Date: 1995
The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800 by David E. Mungello
Call Number: 303.48251040903 MUNG
ISBN: 9780742557970
Publication Date: 2009
Chinese Footprints by Susanna Hoe
Call Number: 305.40951 HOE
ISBN: 9627992038
Publication Date: 1996
China since 1978 by MacKerras; Pradeep Taneja; Graham Young
Call Number: 951.058 MACC
ISBN: 0582810264
Publication Date: 1998

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