Understanding contemporary China / 
edited by Robert E. Gamer. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Lynne Rienner Publishers,  2012. 
 - xvi, 499 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Understanding: introductions to the states and regions of the contemporary world .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction /  Robert E. Gamer -- China: a geographic preface / Stanley W. Toops -- The historical context / Rhoads Murphey -- Chinese politics / Robert E. Gamer -- China's economy / Sarah Y. Tong and John Wong -- China beyond the heartland / Robert E. Gamer -- International relations / Robert E. Gamer -- Population growth and urbanization / Ma Rong -- China's environmental problems / Richard Louis Edmonds -- Family, kinship, marriage, and sexuality / Zang Xiaowei -- Women and development / Laurel Bossen -- Religion / Chan Hoiman and Ambrose Y.C. King -- Literature and popular culture / Charles A. Laughlin -- Trends and prospects / Robert E. Gamer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781588268440 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011052684 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>China--Historia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>408 DS 706  / U55 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951