TY - BOOK AU - Gamer,Robert E. TI - Understanding contemporary China T2 - Understanding: introductions to the states and regions of the contemporary world SN - 9781588268440 (alk. paper) AV - 408 DS 706 U55 2012 U1 - 951 PY - 2012/// CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - China KW - Historia N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -